UID:
almahu_9949568549202882
Format:
1 online resource (117 pages)
ISBN:
9781003405719
,
1003405711
,
9781000903577
,
1000903575
,
9781000903621
,
1000903621
Content:
"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 principle; functional explanation; purposive explanation; teleological explanation; prediction; methodological individualism; methodological collectivism; illocutionary redescription; principle of action; and dispositional explanations, to understand whether the explanations given in the realm of social sciences are the same or different from the explanations that are given in the field of natural sciences. This introductory book is a must read for students and scholars of philosophy of science, logic, science and technology studies, social sciences, and philosophy in general"--
Note:
Nature of explanation -- Explanation in natural sciences -- Explanation in social sciences: the two approaches -- Explanation in social sciences: the various forms -- Explanation and prediction -- Assessment and conclusion.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Tiwari, Rajesh Ranjan. Nature of explanation in social sciences Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 ISBN 9781032522418
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003405719
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003405719
