Laws And Explanation In The Social Sciences: Defending a Science of Human Behavior - Brossura

C Mcintyre, Lee

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ISBN 10: 0813336481 ISBN 13: 9780813336480

Casa editrice: Perseus, 1998

Riassunto

The first full-length defense of social scientific laws to appear in the last twenty years, this book upholds the prospect of the nomological explanation of human behavior against those who maintain that this approach is impossible, impractical, or irrelevant. By pursuing an analogy with the natural sciences, Mclntyre shows that the barriers to nomological inquiry within the social sciences are not generated by factors unique to social inquiry, but arise from a largely common set of problems that face any scientific endeavor. All of the most widely supported arguments against social scientific laws have failed largely due to adherence to a highly idealized conception of nomologicality (allegedly drawn from the natural sciences themselves) and the limited doctrine of "descriptivism." Basing his arguments upon a more realistic view of scientific theorizing that emphasizes the pivotal role of "redescription" in aiding the search for scientific laws, Mclntyre is optimistic about attaining useful law-like explanations of human behavior.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mcintyre, Lee C

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Perseus
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0813336481
• ISBN 13: 9780813336480
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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