Product Description `If there is a single question that presses upon the intellect of the current generation of social scientists, it is surely: "what do the great insights of social theory imply for the way we conduct research and write about the social world?". Until now there has been no single text to turn to that explores the epistemological complexities of field work, the...(展开全部)

Written with students in mind, Thinking Through Theory explores the role of theory in sociology with a focus on good thinking: how to keep from thinking in circles, how to know when we are contradicting ourselves, and how to avoid thinking tautologies are meaningful.

Written with students in mind, Thinking Through Theory explores the role of theory in sociology with a focus on good thinking: how to keep from thinking in circles, how to know when we are contradicting ourselves, and how to avoid thinking tautologies are meaningful.

Sociological research is hard enough already you don't need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you're doing or where you're heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that y...(展开全部)

Sociological research is hard enough already you don't need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you're doing or where you're heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that y...(展开全部)

安乐哲，夏威夷大学哲学系教授。他在1987年获伦敦大学哲学博士学位，曾担任夏威夷大学中国研究中心主任。安乐哲教授出版了一系列蜚声国际的中国哲学专著，其中包括《先哲的民主：杜威、孔子与中国民主之希望》、《通过汉代而思》、《主术：中国古代政冶制度之研究》、《通过孔子而思》等；同时也是一位重要的中国经典的翻译家，将中国一些重要的哲学典籍译成英文，其中包括《孙子兵法》、《孙膑兵法》、《论语》、《道德经》等。他还是美国的比较哲学杂志《东西方哲学》的主编。 郝大维（David L.Hall）美国哲学家。

Simply put, Thinking Through Statistics is a primer on how to maintain rigorous data standards in social science work, and one that makes a strong case for revising the way that we try to use statistics to support our theories. But don’t let that daunt you. With clever examples and witty takeaways, John Levi Martin proves himself to be a most affable tour guide through these sc...(展开全部)

安乐哲，夏威夷大学哲学系教授。他在1987年获伦敦大学哲学博士学位，曾担任夏威夷大学中国研究中心主任。安乐哲教授出版了一系列蜚声国际的中国哲学专著，其中包括《先哲的民主：杜威、孔子与中国民主之希望》、《通过汉代而思》、《主术：中国古代政冶制度之研究》、《通过孔子而思》等；同时也是一位重要的中国经典的翻译家，将中国一些重要的哲学典籍译成英文，其中包括《孙子兵法》、《孙膑兵法》、《论语》、《道德经》等。他还是美国的比较哲学杂志《东西方哲学》的主编。 郝大维（David L.Hall）美国哲学家。

Simply put, Thinking Through Statistics is a primer on how to maintain rigorous data standards in social science work, and one that makes a strong case for revising the way that we try to use statistics to support our theories. But don’t let that daunt you. With clever examples and witty takeaways, John Levi Martin proves himself to be a most affable tour guide through these sc...(展开全部)

Eight outstanding essays, from leading academics, deconstruct perennial problems of rationality, imagination and narrative to trace the influence of myth in our own beliefs, origins, and potential futures. Thinking Through Myths attempts to reconcile the opposed claims of pragmatism and beauty, calling for the acknowledgement of myths in everyday experience.