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Key concepts in the philosophy of social research /
Providing concise, focused introductions to everything from the central research methods, to ethics, to metaphysics, and with helpful features such as real-world examples, cross-references and lists of key thinkers, this guide is an ideal introduction.
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| Format: | Online Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, California :
SAGE Publications Inc.,
2016.
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| Edition: | [Second edition] |
| Series: | SAGE key concepts.
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| Access: | Online version |
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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; COPYRIGHT; 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.