Philosophical Foundations of Social Research Methods: Social reality and social context of social research
Author | : Malcolm Williams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105114561355 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Download or read book Philosophical Foundations of Social Research Methods: Social reality and social context of social research written by Malcolm Williams and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'philosophy of social research' is a subset of the philosophy of social science, but also an important subject area spanning methodology and method. The articles in this collection are the best exemplars of key positions in a very wide disciplinary field. Topics covered include science and art in the history of social research, positivism and antipositivism, language and the linguistic turn, realism and anti-realism, theory and theory choice, logic and models, prediction and laws, interpretation, probability and complexity.