Patterns of Discovery in the Social Sciences

by Paul Diesing

Book Overview

Social scientists are often vexed because their work does not satisfy the criteria of "scientific" methodology developed by philosophers of science and logicians who use the natural sciences as their model. In this study, Paul Diesing defines science not by reference to these arbitrary norms delineated by those outside the field but in terms of norms implicit in what social scientists actually do in their everyday work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202361845
• ISBN13: 9780202361840
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.0"