Explanation and understanding in the human sciences
Mahajan, Gurpreet.
Explanation and understanding in the human sciences [electronic resource] / Gurpreet Mahajan. - 3rd ed. - New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 155 p.). - Oxford India paperbacks . - Oxford India paperbacks. .
Previous ed.: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199080403 (ebook) : No price
Social sciences--Methodology.
Causation.
BD541
300.1
Explanation and understanding in the human sciences [electronic resource] / Gurpreet Mahajan. - 3rd ed. - New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 155 p.). - Oxford India paperbacks . - Oxford India paperbacks. .
Previous ed.: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780199080403 (ebook) : No price
Social sciences--Methodology.
Causation.
BD541
300.1