
Contemporary philosophy of social science : a multicultural approach
Title:
Contemporary philosophy of social science : a multicultural approach
Author:
Fay, Brian.
ISBN:
9781557865373
9781557865380
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass : Blackwell, 1996.
Physical Description:
xi, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
Series:
Contemporary philosophy
Contemporary philosophy (Cambridge, Mass.)
Contents:
Introduction: A Multicultural Approach to the Philosophy of Social Science -- 1. Do You Have To Be One To Know One? -- 2. Do We Need Others To Be Ourselves? -- 3. Does Our Culture or Society Make Us What We Are? -- 4. Do People in Different Cultures Live in Different Worlds? -- 5. Must We Assume Others Are Rational? -- 6. Must We Comprehend Others in Their Own Terms? -- 7. Is the Meaning of Others' Behavior What They Mean by It? -- 8. Is Our Understanding of Others Essentially Historical? -- 9. Do We Live Stories or Just Tell Them? -- 10. Can We Understand Others Objectively? -- 11. Conclusion: What's to be Learned from a Multicultural Philosophy of Social Science?
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