Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies

by Ted Benton

Book Overview

An extended historical and philosophical argument, this book will be a valuable text for all students of the philosophy of the social sciences. It discusses the serious alternatives to positivist and empiricist accounts of the physical sciences, and poses the debate between naturalism and anti-naturalism in the social sciences in new terms. Recent materialist and realist philosophies of science make possible a defence of naturalism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138978418
• ISBN13: 9781138978416
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"