1st Edition

The Nature of Explanation in Social Sciences

By Rajesh Ranjan Tiwari Copyright 2024
128 Pages
by Routledge India

128 Pages
by Routledge India

128 Pages
by Routledge India

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the nature of explanations as given in both natural and social sciences. It discusses models of explanation adopted in natural and social sciences. The author also elaborates upon naturalistic and anti-naturalistic views and other types of explanations such as functional, purposive, etc in social science. The volume elaborates upon themes like bridge... Read more

Introduction 1. Nature of Explanation 2. Explanation in Natural Sciences 3. Explanation in Social Sciences: The Two Approaches 4. Explanation in Social Sciences: The Various Forms 5. Explanation and Prediction 6. Assessment and Conclusion

Biography

Rajesh Ranjan Tiwari is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, India. He has specialised in the field of Philosophy of Science and Symbolic Logic. His areas of interest are Philosophy of science, Logic, Applied Ethics and Gandhian Philosophy. He has been a teacher of Philosophy for about 35 years. He has published many research papers in some of the important Indian journals and authored different chapters in some of the important books related to Philosophy in India.