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Science and sociology : predictive power is the name of the game / Sheldon Ekland-Olson and Jack P. Gibbs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ekland-Olson, Sheldon, 1944- author.
- Gibbs, Jack P., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology--Philosophy.
- Sociology.
- Sociology--Methodology.
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 158 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
- Contents:
- Assertions: the building blocks of science
- On predictive implications
- The notion of science: complexities and problems
- A conceptualization of science
- A conceptualization of a scientific theory
- Formal theory construction: illustrations, problems, and issues
- More on issues and problems concerning formal theory construction
- Disastrous beliefs in sociology
- The quest for uniformities and propositions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781138047839
- 113804783X
- 9781138047846
- 1138047848
- OCLC:
- 981948495
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