Patterns of Discovery in the Social Sciences.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Diesing, Paul
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Somerset : Taylor and Francis, 2008.
Subjects:	Social sciences > Methodology. Social sciences > Methodology
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; I. Formal Methods and Theories; 2. General Characteristics of Formal Theories; 3. The Development of a Formal Theory; 4. Experimental Work with Mathematical Models; 5. Analysis and Verification of Computer Models; 6. Types of Formal Theories; 7. Uses of Models; 8. Formalization; 9. The Implicit Ontology of Formalists; II. Participant-Observer and Clinical Methods; 10. The Holist Standpoint; 11. Main Steps of a Case Study; 12. Holistic Uses of Statistics.
13. Comparative Methods and the Development of Theory14. Typologies: Real and Ideal Types; 15. Some Characteristics of Holist Theories; 16. The Use and Verification of General Theory; 17. Structural-Functional Theories; 18. The Practical Use of Case Studies; 19. Weaknesses and Problems of Case Study Methods; 20. The Implicit Ontology of Case Study Methods; III. Methods in the Philosophy of Science; 21. The Participant-Observer Method; 22. The Method of Rational Reconstruction; 23. The Typological Method; 24. The Method of Conceptual Analysis; 25. Science, Philosophy, and Astrology; References.

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