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The Philosophy of Social Science: New Perspectives

Garry Potter

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Abstract

1. Importance of Science. 2. Rationalism and Empiricism. 3. Positivism and Its Problems. 4. Expansions of Social Scientific Understanding. 5. Hermeneutics and Science. 6. Feminism and Science. 7. Postmodernism. 8. Hyper-reality and Critical Realism

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1. Importance of Science. 2. Rationalism and Empiricism. 3. Positivism and Its Problems. 4. Expansions of Social Scientific Understanding. 5. Hermeneutics and Science. 6. Feminism and Science. 7. Postmodernism. 8. Hyper-reality and Critical Realism

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1. Importance of Science. 2. Rationalism and Empiricism. 3. Positivism and Its Problems. 4. Expansions of Social Scientific Understanding. 5. Hermeneutics and Science. 6. Feminism and Science. 7. Postmodernism. 8. Hyper-reality and Critical Realism

Key concepts: Empiricism, Positivism, Critical rationalism, Rationalism, Feminism, Postmodernism, Philosophy of social science, Epistemology

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