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Realism, Philosophy and Social Science

By Colin Wight , John Roberts , Kathryn Dean , Jonathan Joseph

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2006
ISBN
1403946736, 9781403946737, 9780230502079
Open Library ID
OL22731154M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
735 kB (752145 bytes)
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
206\206
Library
ebook3000.com
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-10-03 22:52:24

Description

The authors examine the nature of the relationship between social science and philosophy and address the sort of work social science should do, and the role and sorts of claims that an accompanying philosophy should engage in. In particular, the authors reintroduce the question of ontology, an area long overlooked by philosophers of social science, and present a cricital engagement with the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against the excesses of philosophising and commits itself to a philosophical approach more deeply grounded in the social sciences.

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