Realism and Complexity in Social Science

by Malcolm Williams

Book Overview

Realism and Complexity in Social Science is an argument for a new approach to investigating the social world, that of complex realism. Complex realism brings together a number of strands of thought, in scientific realism, complexity science, probability theory and social research methodology.

It proposes that the reality of the social world is that it is probabilistic, yet there exists enough invariance to make the discovery and explanation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113833555X
• ISBN13: 9781138335554
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"