Measuring the Intentional World: Realism, Naturalism, and Quantitative Methods in the Behavioral Sciences

by J.D. Trout

Book Overview

Scientific realism has been advanced as an interpretation of the natural sciences but never the behavioral sciences. This exciting book introduces a novel version of scientific realism--Measured Realism--that characterizes the kind of theoretical progress in the social and psychological sciences that is uneven but indisputable. Trout proposes a theory of measurement--Population-Guided Estimation--that connects natural, psychological, and social scientific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195166590
• ISBN13: 9780195166590
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"