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A Realist Philosophy of Social Science: Explanation and Understanding Manicas, Peter T. (University of Hawaii, Manoa)
A Realist Philosophy of Social Science: Explanation and Understanding
Manicas, Peter T. (University of Hawaii, Manoa)
Manicas brings the idea of causality and the role that it plays in the physical sciences to bear on inquiry in social sciences. Offering a reassessment of the problem of explanation from a realist perspective, this breathtaking volume, with a host of concrete examples, will appeal to the non-specialist reader.
234 pages, 4 graphs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 15, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521861403 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 236 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 17 mm · 510 g |
| Language | English |