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Explanation and understanding in the human sciences / Gurpreet Mahajan.
LIBRA BD237 .M34 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahajan, Gurpreet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Explanation.
- Causation.
- Hermeneutics.
- Methodology.
- Philosophy and social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 124 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- Social scientists explain events by identifying reasons and causes. Occasionally they weave a series of occurrences into a historical narrative. What is entailed in each kind of explanation? What are the philosophical assumptions that inform them? Which form of explanation is adequate for the human sciences? Does the hermeneutic method offer a viable alternative to the causal and narrative forms? Is hermeneutic understanding significantly different from an explanation in terms of reasons? This book addresses these questions and provides a lucid treatment of issues concerning the various forms of explanation.
- Contents:
- Explaining causally
- Reason-action explanation
- Hermeneutic understanding
- The narrative mode
- Some considerations on method.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [103]-119) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195630084
- OCLC:
- 28421349
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