Jürgen Habermas ; translated by Shierry Weber Nicholsen and Jerry A. Stark.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, UK :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Polity Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1988.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xiv, 220 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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"Originally appeared in German as a special supplemental volume of the journal Philosophische Rundschau in February 1967"--Title page verso.
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Translation of: Zur Logik der Sozialwissenschaften.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-208) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Habermas presents his views on the nature of the social sciences and their distinctive methodology and concerns. He examines, among other things, the traditional division between the natural sciences and the social sciences; hermeneutics; functionalism and systems theory; and the views of Popper.