The Philosophy of Social Research

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

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

1997 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-582-31105-3 (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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.1997
Reihe/Serie	Longman Social Research Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	420 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
ISBN-10	0-582-31105-5 / 0582311055
ISBN-13	978-0-582-31105-3 / 9780582311053
Zustand	Neuware