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The Search for a Methodology of Social Science. Durkheim, Weber and the Nineteenth-century Problem of Cause, Probability and Action.
Stephen P. Turner
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hardcover. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Stephen Turner has explored the ongms of social science in this pioneering study of two nineteenth century themes: the search for laws of human social behavior, and the accumulation and analysis of the facts of such behavior through statistical inquiry. The disputes were vigorously argued; they were over questions of method, criteria of explanation, interpretations of probability, understandings of causation as such and of historical causation in particular, and time and again over the ways of using a natural science model. From his careful elucidation of John Stuart Mill's proposals for the methodology of the social sciences on to his ... Read more
Stephen Turner has explored the ongms of social science in this pioneering study of two nineteenth century themes: the search for laws of human social behavior, and the accumulation and analysis of the facts of such behavior through statistical inquiry. The disputes were vigorously argued; they were over questions of method, criteria of explanation, interpretations of probability, understandings of causation as such and of historical causation in particular, and time and again over the ways of using a natural science model. From his careful elucidation of John Stuart Mill's proposals for the methodology of the social sciences on to his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Number of Pages
255
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027720672
SKU
V9789027720672
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