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Author:   William A. Gorton
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780791466612

ISBN 10:   0791466612
Pages:   157
Publication Date:   19 January 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Popperian Situational Analysis Building Models Against Psychologism and Conspiracy Theories Methodological Collectivism Summary 2. Metaphysics, Realism, and Situational Analysis The Vienna Circle's Positivism Verificationism, Empiricism, and Metaphysics Popper's Metaphysical and Scientific Realism Realism, World 3, and Social Inquiry Summary 3. Social Laws, the Unity of Scientific Method, and Situational Analysis Causation, Covering Laws, and Realism The Unity of Scientific Method Falsification and Situational Analysis Summary 4. Situational Analysis and Economic Theory Rationality and Economic Theory Situational Analysis and Economic Theory Explaining Voter Turnout: Rational Choice versus Situational Analysis Untangling Complex Patterns of Interaction Summary 5. Popper's Debt to Marx Popper's Critique of Marx Popper's Debt to Marx Popper and the Analytical Marxists Summary 6. The Shortcomings of Situational Analysis The Limited Range of Situational Analysis Irrationality and Situational Analysis Elster's Model of Revolutions Summary Conclusion Notes References Index

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Gorton deals critically, but sympathetically and insightfully, with Karl Popper's philosophy of the social sciences, and his method of situational analysis as a model of social-scientific explanation in particular. While the topic is dense, Gorton manages to make it lively and interesting. His book makes a singular and significant contribution to the philosophy and methodology of social-scientific inquiry.

""Gorton deals critically, but sympathetically and insightfully, with Karl Popper's philosophy of the social sciences, and his method of situational analysis as a model of social-scientific explanation in particular. While the topic is dense, Gorton manages to make it lively and interesting. His book makes a singular and significant contribution to the philosophy and methodology of social-scientific inquiry.""

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William A. Gorton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Alma College, Michigan.

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