Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-262).
1. Philosophy and the human sciences in the nineteenth century -- 2. Pragmatism -- 3. Chicago sociology -- 4. Case study versus statistics : the rise of sociological positivism -- 5. Against the trend : Blumer's critique of quantitative method -- 6. Blumer's concept of science -- 7. Blumer's alternative : naturalistic research -- 8. An assessment of naturalistic research.
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