Key Concepts in the Philosophy of Social Research 0857027425, 9780857027429

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Table of contents :
KEY CONCEPTS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH- FRONT COVER
KEY CONCEPTS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
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CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION
CAUSALITY
COMPLEXITY
CONTINGENCY AND NECESSITY
EMPIRICISM
EPISTEMOLOGY
ETHICS AND MORALITY
EXPERIMENTS
EXPLANATION
FALSIFICATION
FEMINISM
FUNCTIONALISM
GENERALISATION AND LAWS
HYPOTHESIS(ES)
IDEALISM
INDIVIDUALISM AND HOLISM
INDUCTION
INTERPRETATION AND MEANING
LANGUAGE
LOGIC AND TRUTH
MATERIALISM
MECHANISMS AND MODELS
OBJECTIVITY – SUBJECTIVITY
OBSERVATION
ONTOLOGY
POSITIVISM
POSTMODERNISM
PRAGMATISM
PROBABILITY
RATIONALITY
REALISM
RELATIVISM
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM
STATISTICS
THEORY
TIME

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