The Realist Image in Social Science
A constructive critique and development of the new realist philosophy of social science as it is specifically applied to sociology and social psychology. Dr Layder argues that while the realist project is a move in the right direction (i.e. to provide a v
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THE REALIST IMAGE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
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Also by Derek Layder STRUCTURE, INTERACTION AND SOCIAL THEORY
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DEREK LAYDER Lecturer in Sociology University of Leicester
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MACMILLAN
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The Realist Image in Social Science
© Derek Layder 1990
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Contents viii
List of Figures Introduction
1
1 The Possibility of Realism
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2 Epistemology and Levels of Discourse
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Realism and Validity Claims
4 Causality, Acausality and the Implicate Order 5
Behaviour and Social Ontology
66 105
6 The Language of Social Analysis
137
7 The Prospects for Realism
170
Appendix: The Philosophical Bogeyman
177
References
183
Index
187
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