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Understanding Social Science: Philosophical Introduction to the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-631-21872-2
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282 pages
November 2000, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface to the Second Edition.

Acknowledgement.

1. The Nature of Science.

2. Objectivity and the Sociology of Knowledge.

3. Individuals and Society.

4. Understanding Other Societies.

5. Rationality.

6. Facts and Values.

7. Economics and Society.

8. Culture: Function and Adaptation.

9. Sociobiology and Determinism.

10. Markets and Social Institutions.

11. Tradition and Reason.

12. The Philosophical Basis of Social Science.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.

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