In this innovative book, Daniel Little compares the positions of various social scientists regarding debates in China studies. Little focuses on four topics: the relative importance of individual rationality and community values in explaining traditional peasant behavior; the role of marketing and transportation systems in Chinese society; the causes of agricultural stagnation ...(展开全部)

In this innovative book, Daniel Little compares the positions of various social scientists regarding debates in China studies. Little focuses on four topics: the relative importance of individual rationality and community values in explaining traditional peasant behavior; the role of marketing and transportation systems in Chinese society; the causes of agricultural stagnation ...(展开全部)

Philosophy of Social Science: A Contemporary Introduction examines perennial questions of philosophy through engaging the empirical study of society. Questions of normativity concern the place of values in social scientific inquiry. Questions of naturalism concern the relationship between the natural and the social sciences.　 And questions of reductionism ask how social institu...(展开全部)

黄宗智，普林斯顿大学学士，华盛顿大学博士。加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶校区历史系教授，1991年晋升“超级教授”，2004年荣休。中国研究中心创办主任（1986-1995年）。《近代中国》季刊（Modern China）创办编辑（1975年至今）。中国人民大学长江学者讲座教授。主要学术兴趣为明清以来社会史、经济史和法律史。主要著作有：《法律、习俗、与司法实践：清代与民国的比较》、《清代的法律、社会、与文化：民法的表达与实践》、《中国研究的规范认识危机》、《长江三角洲的小农家庭与乡村发展》、《华北的小农经济与社会变迁》等。

黄宗智，普林斯顿大学学士，华盛顿大学博士。加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶校区历史系教授，1991年晋升“超级教授”，2004年荣休。中国研究中心创办主任（1986-1995年）。《近代中国》季刊（Modern China）创办编辑（1975年至今）。中国人民大学长江学者讲座教授。主要学术兴趣为明清以来社会史、经济史和法律史。主要著作有：《法律、习俗、与司法实践：清代与民国的比较》、《清代的法律、社会、与文化：民法的表达与实践》、《中国研究的规范认识危机》、《长江三角洲的小农家庭与乡村发展》、《华北的小农经济与社会变迁》等。

Social constructionists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Or, more provocatively, are "scientific facts" constructed? Is "everything" constructed? This is a discussion of the philosophical issues that arise out of this controversial debate, analysing the various strengths and weaknesses of ...(展开全部)

Social constructionists maintain that we invent the properties of the world rather than discover them. Is reality constructed by our own activity? Or, more provocatively, are "scientific facts" constructed? Is "everything" constructed? This is a discussion of the philosophical issues that arise out of this controversial debate, analysing the various strengths and weaknesses of ...(展开全部)

The use of case studies to build and test theories in political science and the other social sciences has increased in recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences rely too heavily on quantitative research and formal models and have attempted to develop and refine rigorous methods for using case studies. This text presents a comprehensive analysis of researc...(展开全部)

Major figures of twentieth-century philosophy were enthralled by the revolution in formal logic, and many of their arguments are based on novel mathematical discoveries. Hilary Putnam claimed that the Löwenheim-Skølem theorem refutes the existence of an objective, observer-independent world; Bas van Fraassen claimed that arguments against empiricism in philosophy of science are...(展开全部)

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is an outstanding guide to the major themes, movements, debates, and topics in the philosophy of social science. It includes thirty-seven newly written chapters, by many of the leading scholars in the field, as well as a comprehensive introduction by the editors. Insofar as possible, the material in this volume is presente...(展开全部)