Objectivity in Social Science

by Frank Cunningham

Book Overview

The debates over objectivity in the social sciences have a long history; there have been contributions by philosophers and social theorists from a variety of viewpoints, including empiricism, phenomenology, pragmatism, and Marxism. Objectivity in Social Science combats the widespread opinion that objective inquiry is impossible in the social sciences by drawing together and exhibiting the weaknesses of arguments, taken from positions in the philosophies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442639636
• ISBN13: 9781442639638
• Release Date: December 1973
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"