The Resource Forms of explanation : rethinking the questions in social theory, Alan Garfinkel
Forms of explanation : rethinking the questions in social theory, Alan Garfinkel
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The item Forms of explanation : rethinking the questions in social theory, Alan Garfinkel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- What makes one explanation better than another? How can we tell when an explanation has really answered our question? In a lively and readable discussion, Garfinkel argues that the key to understanding an explanation is to discover what question is really being answered. He then suggests criteria for a good explanation and goes on to examine some classic explanations in social and natural science. -- Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 186 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction ---- 1. Explanatory relativity --- 2. Reductionism --- 3. Individualism in social thought --- 4. Biology and society --- 5. The ethics of explanation --- 6. Beyond relativism
- Isbn
- 9780300021363
- Label
- Forms of explanation : rethinking the questions in social theory
- Title
- Forms of explanation
- Title remainder
- rethinking the questions in social theory
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Garfinkel
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What makes one explanation better than another? How can we tell when an explanation has really answered our question? In a lively and readable discussion, Garfinkel argues that the key to understanding an explanation is to discover what question is really being answered. He then suggests criteria for a good explanation and goes on to examine some classic explanations in social and natural science. -- Back cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Garfinkel, Alan
- Dewey number
- 300
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BD241
- LC item number
- .G36 1981
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hermeneutics
- Reductionism
- Social sciences
- Relativity
- Philosophy
- Herméneutique
- Réductionnisme
- Sciences sociales
- Relativité
- Philosophie
- Sociale wetenschappen
- Verklaring
- Label
- Forms of explanation : rethinking the questions in social theory, Alan Garfinkel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction ---- 1. Explanatory relativity --- 2. Reductionism --- 3. Individualism in social thought --- 4. Biology and society --- 5. The ethics of explanation --- 6. Beyond relativism
- Control code
- 6708856
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xi, 186 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300021363
- Lccn
- 80023341
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (WaOLN)43277
- (OCoLC)6708856
- Label
- Forms of explanation : rethinking the questions in social theory, Alan Garfinkel
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction ---- 1. Explanatory relativity --- 2. Reductionism --- 3. Individualism in social thought --- 4. Biology and society --- 5. The ethics of explanation --- 6. Beyond relativism
- Control code
- 6708856
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xi, 186 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300021363
- Lccn
- 80023341
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (WaOLN)43277
- (OCoLC)6708856
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