Creating a Dialectical Social Science: Concepts, Methods, and Models

by Ian I. Mitroff and R.O. Mason

The depth, intensity, and long-standing nature of the disagreements between differing schools of social thought renders more critical than ever the treatment of dialectical reasoning and its relationship to the social sciences. The nature of these disagreements are deeply rooted in fundamentally differing beliefs regarding, among many things: (1) the nature of man, (2) the role of theory versus data in constructing social theories, (3) the place and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027712689
• ISBN13: 9789027712684
• Release Date: November 1981
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"