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Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences

Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences


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About the Book

Social scientists explain events by identifying reasons and causes. Occasionally they weave a series of events into a historical narrative. What is entailed in each kind of explanation? What form of explanation is adequate for the social sciences? In this lucid book, Gurpreet Mahajan surveys each of the major forms of inquiry - hermeneutic understanding, narrative, reason-action, and causal explanation - to examine how each method changes our perceptions of social reality. This edition includes a new Preface that discusses the evolution in social sciences over the last twenty years.

About the Author:
Gurpreet Mahajan is Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198076971
  • Publisher: OUP India
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 3 Rev ed
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 213 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0198076975
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jul 2012
  • Depth: 5
  • Height: 137 mm
  • No of Pages: 180
  • Series Title: Oxford India Paperbacks
  • Weight: 186 gr


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