A Realist Philosophy of Social Science: Explanation and Understanding by Peter T. Manicas

This 2006 introduction to the philosophy of social science provides an unique conception of the task and nature of social inquiry. Peter Manicas discusses the position of causality seen within the physical sciences and gives a reassessment of the problem of clarification from a realist perspective. He argues that the elemental aim of theory in both the pure and social sciences shouldn't be, contrary to widespread opinion, prediction and control, or the reason of events (together with behaviour). As an alternative, principle aims to provide an understanding of the processes which, together, produce the contingent outcomes of experience. Providing a bunch of concrete illustrations and examples of crucial ideas and issues, this accessible ebook will likely be of interest to college students of the philosophy of social science, and social scientists from a variety of disciplines.

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