1st Edition

Explanation in Social Science

By Robert Brown Copyright 1963
    206 Pages
    by Routledge

    206 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is volume II of twenty-two of the Social Theory and Methodology series. Originally published in 1963, the present study has as its aim the discussion of certain questions of philosophical interest as they come to be imbedded in the work of social scientists. It is intended to be an essay which might be of interest to the practising scientist.

    Part 1 Description, Observation and Explanation; Chapter 1 QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIETY; Chapter 2 SOCIAL DESCRIPTION; Chapter 3 SOCIAL OBSERVATION; Chapter 4 SOCIAL EXPLANATION; Part 2 Methods of Explanation; Chapter 5 GENETIC; Chapter 6 INTENTIONS; Chapter 7 DISPOSITIONS; Chapter 8 REASONS; Chapter 9 FUNCTIONS; Chapter 10 EMPIRICAL GENERALIZATIONS; Chapter 11 THEORIES;

    Biography

    Robert Brown