What's Wrong with the Social Sciences?: The Perils of the Postmodern

by Michael A. Faia

In this book, the author defends the positivist traditions of the social sciences.
Contents: What's Wrong with the Social Sciences; In Praise of the Null Hypothesis: The Myth of "The Value-Free Myth"; Social Science Syntactics and Empirics: Alleged Problems...; ...And Happy Prospects; Cultural Materialism in the Systemic Mode; Social Science Semantics; A Sad Story; Index.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081919235X
• ISBN13: 9780819192356
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"