The Logic of Social Science

by James Mahoney

Book Overview

A groundbreaking logic-based approach to bridging the scientific-constructivist divide in social science The Logic of Social Science offers new principles for designing and conducting social science research. James Mahoney uses set-theoretic analysis to develop a fresh scientific constructivist approach that avoids essentialist biases in the production of knowledge. This approach recognizes that social categories depend on collective understandings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691214956
• ISBN13: 9780691214955
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.2"