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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 300.1 EAN: 9780812277425 ISBN: 0812277422 Label: University of Pennsylvania Press Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 286 Publication Date: February 01, 1978 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Studio: University of Pennsylvania Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - Removes blinders from the eyes of any sociologist.This book examines the practice of social science from several angles, like turning a sea shell slowly in your hand, looking at the curves and openings and aspects. The author accomplishes this by looking at social science through the eyes of empirical, phenomenological, critical, and analytical social scientists. Sound boring? It isn't -- and you can learn from each perspective. You can also learn why there is no one right approach. Some questions fit better into one framework, some ... Read More Rating: - Essential work on the nature of the social sciencesNot very many people seem to read this book, which is a shame. In my opinion, this is a book that every serious academic social scientist should read. Bernstein takes on the difficult but extremely important--as well as largely neglected--question of how the social sciences differ from the natural sciences. The book is divided into four parts, which deal roughly deal with naturalist theories, linguistic theories, phenomenology, and critical theory in that order. He has an extraordinary gift ... Read More 
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