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Williams, Malcolm, 1953-

Key concepts in the philosophy of social research / Malcolm Williams. - ix, 230 pages ; 21 cm. - SAGE key concepts . - SAGE key concepts. .

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN: 9780857027429 0857027425 0857027417 9780857027412

LCCN: 2016933344

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social sciences--Research--Philosophy.
Sociology--Research--Philosophy.
Empirische Sozialforschung
Methodologie
Sozialwissenschaften
Wissenschaftsphilosophie

LC Class. No.: H62 / .W536 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 300.72