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Interpretation and Explanation in the Human Sciences

By David K. Henderson

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
1993
ISBN
079141406X, 9780791414064
LCC
H61 .H438 1993
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
303 kB (310002 bytes)
Series
SUNY Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Second Thoughts: New Theoretical Formations
Pages
310\0
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Henderson examines the foundations of an analytic social science approach to develop a well-integrated account of the human sciences, focusing on the pivotal notions of interpretation and explanation. The author acknowledges the importance of interpretive understanding in the human sciences, and proposes a methodology that reflects both interpretive practice as well as scientific methodology. He refutes the methodological separatists who hold that the logic of explanation and testing in the human sciences is fundamentally different from that of the natural sciences, and examines in detail the constraints on interpretation. In providing an integrated treatment of these two central issues in social science, Henderson offers a thorough analysis of the adequacy of interpretation and the nature of explanation in the human sciences.

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