02156cam a2200397 a 4500 EDZ0000117267 StDuBDS 20161031105153.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr ||||||||||| 130111s2006 enka fo| 000|0|eng d 9781446262832 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS eng StDuBDS pn Alfaisal Main Library H51 .P465 2006 300.721 23 Philosophical foundations of social research methods [electronic resource] / edited by Malcolm Williams. London : SAGE, 2006. 1 online resource (4 v. (various pagings)) : ill. SAGE benchmarks in social research methods v. 1. Social research as science or art -- v. 2. Philosophical issues in research strategies -- v. 3. Social reality and social context of social research -- v. 4. New strategies in social reasearch. The 'philosophy of social research' is a subset of the philosophy of social science, but also an important subject area spanning methodology and method. The articles in this collection are the best exemplars of key positions in a very wide disciplinary field. Topics covered include science and art in the history of social research, positivism and antipositivism, language and the linguistic turn, realism and anti-realism, theory and theory choice, logic and models, prediction and laws, interpretation, probability and complexity. Specialized. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references. Social sciences Research. Social sciences Research Philosophy. Social sciences Philosophy. Electronic books. local Williams, Malcolm, 1953- Sage eBooks Print version : 9781412903820 SAGE benchmarks in social research methods. http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://sk.sagepub.com/navigator/philosophical-foundations-of-social-research-methods lcc EBOOKS 480867 480867