The objects of social science

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The objects of social science

Eleonora Montuschi

Continuum, 2003

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-156) and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780826466341

Description

A clear and structured analysis of the philosophy of social science across each of its main disciplines: anthropology, sociology, history, economics and geography. Presenting a range of examples from specific social sciences, the text both identifies the practical and theoretical procedures involved in the identification of the object and, at the same time, raises questions about the very objectivity of these procedures in analysing the object. The volume should prove useful to students across the social sciences as a guide to the theories and methodologies which underpin their disciplines.

Table of Contents

Preface - Introduction. Objectivity, Science and Social Science - Chapter 1. Anthropological Objects - Chapter 2. Sociological Objects - Chapter 3. Historical Objects - Chapter 4. Economic Objects - Chapter 5. Geographical Objects - Bibliography
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780826466358

Description

The philosophy of social sciences has become one of the battlegrounds of contemporary theory and analysis. At the core of the debate is the central question about the objective capacity of a range of disciplines not explicitly regarded as scientific. The philosophy of social science employs a rich and complex approach to its object, an approach which explores methodological, epistemological, metaphysical an logical questions. How can such a diverse approach attempt objectivity when faecd with the complexity of what is studied, namely the social world? What is the object of social scientific investigation? The Objects of Social Sciendce presents a clear and structured analysis of the philosophy of social science across each of its main disciplines: Antropology, Sociology, History, Economics and Geography. It both identifies the practical and theoretical procedures involved in the identification of the object and, at the same time, raises questions aout the very objectivity of these procedures in analysing the object. The book will prove invaluable to students across the social sciences as a guide to the theories and methodologies which underpin their disciplines.Eleonora Montuschi teaches Philosophy os Social Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she is Deputy Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences.

Table of Contents

Preface - Introduction. Objectivity, Science and Social Science - Chapter 1. Anthropological Objects - Chapter 2. Sociological Objects - Chapter 3. Historical Objects - Chapter 4. Economic Objects - Chapter 5. Geographical Objects - Bibliography

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  • NCID
    BA64954219
  • ISBN
    • 0826466346
    • 0826466354
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York, N.Y.
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 160 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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