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Key concepts in the philosophy of social research / Malcolm Williams.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SAGE key conceptsPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: ix, 230 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0857027425
  • 9780857027429
  • 0857027417
  • 9780857027412
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 300.72 23
LOC classification:
  • H62 .W536 2016
Contents:
About the author -- Introduction -- Causality -- Complexity -- Contingency and Necessity -- Empiricism -- Epistemology -- Ethics and Morality -- Experiments -- Explanation -- Falsification -- Feminism -- Functionalism -- Generalisation and Laws -- Hypothesis(es) -- Idealism -- Individualism and Holism -- Induction -- Interpretation and Meaning -- Language -- Logic and Truth -- Materialism -- Mechanisms and Models -- Objectivity -- Subjectivity -- Observation -- Ontology -- Positivism -- Postmodernism -- Pragmatism -- Probability -- Rationality -- Realism -- Relativism -- Social Constructionism -- Statistics -- Theory -- Time.
Summary: "This book is an ideal introduction for any student or social researcher hoping to better understand the philosophical issues that inform social research. Williams is the perfect guide providing short focused introductions to key concepts alongside a persuasive and engaging overview of how we interpret and conduct research."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references.

About the author -- Introduction -- Causality -- Complexity -- Contingency and Necessity -- Empiricism -- Epistemology -- Ethics and Morality -- Experiments -- Explanation -- Falsification -- Feminism -- Functionalism -- Generalisation and Laws -- Hypothesis(es) -- Idealism -- Individualism and Holism -- Induction -- Interpretation and Meaning -- Language -- Logic and Truth -- Materialism -- Mechanisms and Models -- Objectivity -- Subjectivity -- Observation -- Ontology -- Positivism -- Postmodernism -- Pragmatism -- Probability -- Rationality -- Realism -- Relativism -- Social Constructionism -- Statistics -- Theory -- Time.

"This book is an ideal introduction for any student or social researcher hoping to better understand the philosophical issues that inform social research. Williams is the perfect guide providing short focused introductions to key concepts alongside a persuasive and engaging overview of how we interpret and conduct research."--Publisher's website.

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