Explanation and understanding in the human sciences [electronic resource] /
by Mahajan, Gurpreet.
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BookSeries: Oxford India paperbacks: Publisher: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 155 p.).ISBN: 9780199080403 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Social sciences -- Methodology | CausationOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online 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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