Potter, Garry,  1955- <br/><br/>
The philosophy of social science :  new perspectives,  
by Garry Potter. 
 - 2nd ed.  
 - ix, 256 p.  
<br/><br/> Revised edition of the author's The philosophy of social science. 
<br/><br/>1st edition preface -- 2nd edition preface -- The importance of science and the importance of understanding what science is rationalism and empiricism : science's weak foundations -- Positivism and its problems : seeing is not all there is to believing -- Explanations of social scientific understanding and social scientific understandings of natural scientific explanations -- Hermeneutics and science : "the linguistic turn" -- Feminism and science : a woman's place is the more objective space -- Postmodernism : if you say there are no right or wrong answers and i say you're wrong, am i right : or wrong? -- Islam and science : the stars on a common celestial globe -- Pragmatism and neo-pragmatism : foundations of anti-foundationalism -- Hyperreality and critical realism, simulacra and social science -- Terminology glossary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138998391 (hardback) 9781138998407 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016025751 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Philosophy.<br/>Sociology--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H61.15  / .P68 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.1