Science and social science : an introduction / Malcolm Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Malcolm, 1953-

Williams M Staff, corporate author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Science--Methodology.

Science.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Science--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with confidence. He looks at: * The historical development of natural science and its distinctive methodology * the case in favour of an objective science of the social which follows the same rules * The arguments of social constructionists, interpretative sociologists and others against objec

Contents:

Where Did Science Come From?

Science and Its Method

Social Science as Science

Against Science

Against Science in Social Science

Science, Objectivity and Ethics

New Science and New Social Science

Conclusion: The Science of Social Science.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-167) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-64781-6

1-280-32984-X

0-203-26000-7

0-203-04784-2

9780203260007

9786610329847

9780203047842

OCLC:

71348526