A Realist Philosophy of Social Science

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Beschreibung

What is the role of causality in understanding in social science? Professor Manicas brings the idea of causality and the role that it plays in the physical sciences to bear on inquiry in social sciences. The result is an entirely different conception of the task and nature of social science. In this breathtaking volume, Peter T. Manicas offers a reassessment of the problem of explanation from a realist perspective. By offering a host of concrete illustrations and examples of critical ideas this book will greatly appeal to the non-specialist reader.

Über den Autor

Professor Peter T. Manicas is a Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Explanation and understanding; 2. Theory, experiment and the metaphysics of Laplace; 3. Explanation and understanding in the social sciences; 4. Agents and generative social mechanisms; 5. Social science and history; 6. Markets as social mechanisms.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780521678582
ISBN-10:	0521678587
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Manicas, Peter T.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Peter T. Manicas
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.09.2012
Gewicht:	0,349 kg