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Contemporary philosophy of social science : a multicultural approach / Brian Fay.

By:

Fay, Brian [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Contemporary philosophy (Cambridge, Mass.)Publisher: Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass : Blackwell, 1996Description: xi, 266 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

155786537X
9781557865373
1557865388
9781557865380

Other title:

Social science

Subject(s):

Multiculturalism

DDC classification:

300.1 21

LOC classification:

H61 F355 1996

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Multicultural Approach to the Philosophy of Social Science -- 1. Do You Have To Be One To Know One? -- 2. Do We Need Others To Be Ourselves? -- 3. Does Our Culture or Society Make Us What We Are? -- 4. Do People in Different Cultures Live in Different Worlds? -- 5. Must We Assume Others Are Rational? -- 6. Must We Comprehend Others in Their Own Terms? -- 7. Is the Meaning of Others' Behavior What They Mean by It? -- 8. Is Our Understanding of Others Essentially Historical? -- 9. Do We Live Stories or Just Tell Them? -- 10. Can We Understand Others Objectively? -- 11. Conclusion: What's to be Learned from a Multicultural Philosophy of Social Science? -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	300.1 FAY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A143726B

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and index.

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