Interpretation and Explanation in the Human Sciences
David K. Henderson
Henderson examines the foundations of an analytic social science approach to develop a well-integrated account of the human sciences, focusing on the pivotal notions of interpretation and explanation. The author acknowledges the importance of interpretive understanding in the human sciences, and proposes a methodology that reflects both interpretive practice as well as scientific methodology. He refutes the methodological separatists who hold that the logic of explanation and testing in the human sciences is fundamentally different from that of the natural sciences, and examines in detail the constraints on interpretation. In providing an integrated treatment of these two central issues in social science, Henderson offers a thorough analysis of the adequacy of interpretation and the nature of explanation in the human sciences.
Year:
1993
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Language:
english
Pages:
305
ISBN 10:
079141406X
ISBN 13:
9780791414064
Series:
SUNY Series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
File:
PDF, 1.51 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1993