Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach.
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TL;DR
The second edition of Popper's 'falsificationism' examines the problems of explanation and the aims of social science through the lens of theory and method.
Abstract
Preface to the second edition. Introduction. 1. Knowledge in context 2. Theory, observation and practical adequacy 3. Theory and method I: abstraction, structure and cause 4. Theory and method II: types of system and their implications 5. Some influential misadventures in the philosophy of science 6. Quantitative methods in social science 7. Verification and falsification 8. Popper's 'falsificationism' 9. Problems of explanation and the aims of social science. Notes and references. Bibliography. Index