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Social Science

Af: Gerard Delanty Engelsk Paperback

Social Science

Af: Gerard Delanty Engelsk Paperback
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  • What is social science?
  • Does social scientific knowledge differ from other kinds of knowledge, such as the natural sciences and common sense?
  • What is the relation between method and knowledge?

This concise and accessible book provides a critical discussion and comprehensive overview of the major philosophical debates on the methodological foundations of the social sciences. From its origins in the sixteenth century when a new system of knowledge was created around the idea of modernity, the author shows how the philosophy of social science developed as a reflection on some of the central questions in modernity. Visions of modernity have been reflected in the self-understanding of the social sciences. From the positivist dispute on explanation vs. understanding to controversies about standpoint to debates about constructivism and realism, Delanty outlines the major shifts in the philosophy of social science. He argues that social science is an intellectual framework for the transformation of the social world.

The new edition is updated and expanded throughout with the latest developments in the field, including a new chapter on feminist standpoint epistemology, and additional material on neo-positivism, pragmatism, and reflexivity.

This is one of the most ambitious and wide-ranging texts in recent years on debates on method and the contemporary situation of social science. It is of interest to undergraduate students and postgraduates as well as to professional researchers with an interest in the philosophy of the social sciences and social theory.

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  • What is social science?
  • Does social scientific knowledge differ from other kinds of knowledge, such as the natural sciences and common sense?
  • What is the relation between method and knowledge?

This concise and accessible book provides a critical discussion and comprehensive overview of the major philosophical debates on the methodological foundations of the social sciences. From its origins in the sixteenth century when a new system of knowledge was created around the idea of modernity, the author shows how the philosophy of social science developed as a reflection on some of the central questions in modernity. Visions of modernity have been reflected in the self-understanding of the social sciences. From the positivist dispute on explanation vs. understanding to controversies about standpoint to debates about constructivism and realism, Delanty outlines the major shifts in the philosophy of social science. He argues that social science is an intellectual framework for the transformation of the social world.

The new edition is updated and expanded throughout with the latest developments in the field, including a new chapter on feminist standpoint epistemology, and additional material on neo-positivism, pragmatism, and reflexivity.

This is one of the most ambitious and wide-ranging texts in recent years on debates on method and the contemporary situation of social science. It is of interest to undergraduate students and postgraduates as well as to professional researchers with an interest in the philosophy of the social sciences and social theory.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9780335217212
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave: 2
ISBN-10: 0335217214
Kategori: Unge
Udg. Dato: 16 jun 2005
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 216mm
Højde: 135mm
Forlag: Open University Press
Oplagsdato: 16 jun 2005
Forfatter(e): Gerard Delanty
Forfatter(e) Gerard Delanty


Kategori Unge


ISBN-13 9780335217212


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 208


Udgave 2


Længde 12mm


Bredde 216mm


Højde 135mm


Udg. Dato 16 jun 2005


Oplagsdato 16 jun 2005


Forlag Open University Press