Explanation and understanding in the human sciences

Gurpreet Mahajan surveys each of the major forms of inquiry - hermeneutic understanding, narrative, reason-action, and causal explanation - to examine how each method changes our perceptions of social reality. This edition includes a new Preface that discusses the evolution in social sciences over t...

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Oxford India paperbacks
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Mahajan, Gurpreet
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Ausgabe:
3rd ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Gurpreet Mahajan surveys each of the major forms of inquiry - hermeneutic understanding, narrative, reason-action, and causal explanation - to examine how each method changes our perceptions of social reality. This edition includes a new Preface that discusses the evolution in social sciences over the last twenty years.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xii, 155 p.).
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Oxford India paperbacks Explanation and understanding in the human sciences
ISBN:
0-19-908867-5
Schlagworte:
Causation > Methodology.
Social sciences.
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion
Speculative Philosophy
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