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Understanding Social Science (Philosophical Introduction to the Social Sciences)

Understanding Social Science (Philosophical Introduction to the Social Sciences)

by TRIGG (Author)

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    Hardcover 2000

    $120.23
Synopsis

In this lucid and engaging introductory volume on the nature of society, Roger Trigg examines the scientific basis of social science and shows that philosophical presuppositions are a necessary starting point for the study of society.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 282
 Edition: 2
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 07 Nov 2000
ISBN 10: 0631218718
ISBN 13: 9780631218715

Media Reviews
The first edition of Trigga s book was already an excellent text in the philosophy of social science. Not only did it strike a high level of philosophical sophistication, but it was unique among such texts in making ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein fruitful and in approaching the question of objectivity in social inquiry partly through the sociology of knowledge. The new or expanded discussions of perspectivalism, reason, politics, and social reality only make it better. Ted Schatzki, University of Kentucky Trigga s study is a lively and informative introduction to the philosophical issues at the heart of our efforts to either understand or explain social phenomena. He questions naturalistic accounts of social science and argues that the core philosophical assumptions within such inquiry will prove neither innocuous nor dissolve through empirical methods. Robert Da Amico, University of Florida
Author Bio
Roger Trigg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. His most recent books include Rationality and Science (Blackwell, 1993), Rationality and Religion (Blackwell, 1998), the widely--read Ideas of Human Nature (second edition, Blackwell, 1999), and Philosophy Matters (Blackwell, forthcoming).