Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences
Social scientists explain events by identifying reasons and causes. Occasionally they weave a series of events into a historical narrative. What is entailed in each kind of explanation? What form of explanation is adequate for the social sciences? In this lucid book, Gurpreet Mahajan surveys each of the major forms of inquiry - hermeneutic understanding, narrative, reason-action, and causal explanation - to examine how each method changes our perceptions of social reality. This edition includes a new Preface that discusses the evolution in social sciences over the last twenty years.
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Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences
Social scientists explain events by identifying reasons and causes. Occasionally they weave a series of events into a historical narrative. What is entailed in each kind of explanation? What form of explanation is adequate for the social sciences? In this lucid book, Gurpreet Mahajan surveys each of the major forms of inquiry - hermeneutic understanding, narrative, reason-action, and causal explanation - to examine how each method changes our perceptions of social reality. This edition includes a new Preface that discusses the evolution in social sciences over the last twenty years.
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Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences

Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780199088676 |
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Publisher: | OUP India |
Publication date: | 08/02/2011 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 282 KB |
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