The Philosophy of Social Research

John A. Hughes, W. W. Sharrock (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2016 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-14130-8 (ISBN)

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A successful and distinctive text which provides an invaluable introduction to the theoretical and philosophical issues surrounding social research.

This fully revised, updated and extended edition of a successful text, introduces some of the important philosophical issues arising from social research practices and historical research in the social sciences. Since its initial publication the field of social research and philosophy has been widely debated, and this expanded version incorporates the most recent discussion and theories. In this edition John Hughes and Wes Sharrock carefully analyse the research implications of the great sociological thinkers, and stress that depending upon the researcher's philosophical leanings, there are a range of possible interpretations of the 'facts' uncovered by the researcher.

John A. Hughes W. W. Sharrock

1. Editor's Preface
2. Preface
3. The Philosophy of Social Research
4. The Positivist Orthodoxy
5. Positivism and the Language of Social Research
6. Positivism and the Conception of Science
7. The Interpretative Alternative
8. Lay vs Scientific Conceptions
9. Language, Reality and Rationality
10. The Evaporation of Meaning; Conclusion
11. Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.04.2016
Reihe/Serie	Longman Social Research Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-14130-5 / 1138141305
ISBN-13	978-1-138-14130-8 / 9781138141308
Zustand	Neuware