A Realist Philosophy of Social Science: Explanation and Understanding

by Peter T. Manicas

Book Overview

This introduction to the philosophy of social science provides an original conception of the task and nature of social inquiry. Peter Manicas discusses the role of causality seen in the physical sciences and offers a reassessment of the problem of explanation from a realist perspective. He argues that the fundamental goal of theory in both the natural and social sciences is not, contrary to widespread opinion, prediction and control, or the explanation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521678587
• ISBN13: 9780521678582
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"