Philosophical Foundations of the Social Sciences: Analyzing Controversies in Social Research

by Harold Kincaid

Book Overview

This 1996 book defends the prospects for a science of society. It argues that behind the diverse methods of the natural sciences lies a common core of scientific rationality that the social sciences can and sometimes do achieve. It also argues that good social science must be in part about large-scale social structures and processes and thus that methodological individualism is misguided. These theses are supported by a detailed discussion of actual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521482682
• ISBN13: 9780521482684
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"