Verstehen : the uses of understanding in social science / Michael Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Michael, 1932-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

x, 264 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, 2000.

Contents:

1. The Classical Verstehen Position 7

2. The Positivists' Critique I: Not a Method of Verification 41

3. The Positivists' Critique II: Not a Necessary Condition for Understanding 71

4. Verstehen and Ordinary Language Philosophy 85

5. Verstehen and Situational Logic 117

6. Verstehen and Phenomenology 137

7. Verstehen and the Sciences of Man 159

8. Verstehen and Anthropology 187

9. Verstehen and Critical Theory 207

Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Methodological Pluralism 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765800039

OCLC:

42290017