Explanation and understanding in the human sciences [electronic resource] / Gurpreet Mahajan.

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Mahajan, Gurpreet

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TextSeries: Oxford India paperbacksPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 155 p.)ISBN:

9780199080403 (ebook) :

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300.1 23

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BD541

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Summary: 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.

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Previous ed.: 1997.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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