Mariyamma and the logic of realist explanation in sociology
Författare
Redaktör
- Partha Nath Mukherji
Summary, in English
Realism as a theory of science, in the view of the author of this paper, provides elegant solutions to several puzzles and dilemmas, not only in philosophy, but also to some of the most fundamental theorerical and methodological problems in social science. This paper introduces scientific realism, and presents one way of applying it to social science.
Publiceringsår
2000
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
199-212
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Methodology in social research: dilemmas and perspective: : Essays in honour of Ramkrishna Mukherjee
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Sage Publications India
Ämne
- Sociology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 9780761994404