Author: BENN, S.I. & MORTIMORE, G.W. ed.
Title: Rationality and the Social Sciences. Contributions to the Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Description: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. Hardcover. A touch of sunning to spine of dj, o/wise good condition. Explores the concepts of rationality that are used by social scientists in the formation of hypotheses, models, and explanations. Examines the variety of the concepts used, the different roles they play in theories of very different kinds over a wide range of disciplines, & assess the explanatory & predictive power that a theory can draw from such concepts. 416pp. ISBN 0710081707.

Keywords: social sciences rational philosophy rationality theory concept