| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 414 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Pitt series in policy and institutional studies
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Pitt series in policy and institutional studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-403) and index. |
| Contents |
Logical empiricism, 1922-1970 -- Popper and his followers -- Kuhn and Stegmüller -- Pragmatism -- Hermeneutics : the interpretation of texts -- Macrosociology of social science -- Microsociology of social science -- Science politics -- Cognitive processes in social science -- Personality influences in social science -- How does social science produce knowledge? -- Problems and dangers on the road of knowledge. |
| Summary |
Annotation A clear, critical inquiry into the norms, processes and purposes of social science work. Diesing (political science, SUNY, Buffalo) begins with a wonderfully lucid survey of philosophical approaches to social science to examine the question of how social science ought to work. He then surveys sociological, political, and psychological studies of social science to find out what actually occurs in practice. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy. |
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Social sciences -- Research.
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Social sciences -- Research. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Diesing, Paul. How does social science work? 0822936615 (DLC) 90041706 (OCoLC)21975475 |
| ISBN |
9780822971535 (electronic book) |
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0822971534 (electronic book) |
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0822936615 |
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9780822936619 |
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0822954753 |
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9780822954750 |
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