TY - BOOK AU - Hughes, J TI - The Philosophy of social research SN - 0582045630 PY - 1990/// CY - London PB - Longman KW - Social Science Philosophy N1 - The philosophy of social research ; The positivist orthodoxy ; Positivism and the language of social research ; Positivism, theory and science ; The interpretative alternative ; Meanings and social research ; Concluding remarks N2 - This revised, updated and extended edition of the text, introduces some of the important philosophical issues arising from social research practices and historical research in the social sciences ER -