Russell Keat, John Urry

Social Theory as Science (Routledge Revivals) (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, written by a philosopher interested in the problems of social science and scientific method, and a sociologist interested in the philosophy of science, presents a novel conception of how we should think about and carry out the scientific study of social life. This book combines an evaluation of different conceptions of the nature of science with an examination of important sociological theorists and frameworks. This second edition of the work was originally published in 1982.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136839245
• Artikelnr.: 43821085

Autorenporträt

Russell Keat, John Urry

Inhaltsangabe

Part one Conceptions of science 1. Positivist philosophy of science 2.
Realist philosophy of science 3. Forms of conventionalism Part two
Conceptions of science as social theory 4. Sociology and positivism 5. Marx
and realism 6. Structure and structuralism Part 3 Meaning and ideology 7.
The explantion and understanding of social action 8. Reification and
realism 9. Values theory and reality