Williams, Malcolm,  1953- <br/><br/>
Key concepts in the philosophy of social research / 
Malcolm Williams. 
 - ix, 230 pages ;  21 cm. 
 - SAGE key concepts .
 - SAGE key concepts. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Causality --  Complexity --  Contingency and Necessity --  Empiricism --  Epistemology --  Ethics and Morality --  Experiments --  Explanation --  Falsification --  Feminism --  Functionalism --  Generalisation and Laws --  Hypothesis (es) --  Idealism --  Individualism and Holism --  Induction --  Interpretation and Meaning --  Language --  Logic and Truth --  Materialism --  Mechanisms and Models --  Objectivity -- Subjectivity --  Observation --  Ontology --  Positivism --  Postmodernism --  Pragmatism --  Probability --  Rationality --  Realism --  Relativism --  Social Constructionism --  Statistics --  Theory. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780857027429 0857027425 0857027417 9780857027412 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research--Philosophy.<br/>Sociology--Research--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.72  / w 725