The Social Scientist's Bestiary: A Guide to Fabled Threats to, and Defences of, Naturalistic Social Science

by D.C. Phillips

The Social Scientist's Bestiary addresses a number of important theoretical and philosophical issues in the social sciences from the perspective of contemporary philosophy of science. It is intended to guide social scientists - researchers, teachers and students - so that they will not fall victim to the beasts they will encounter in the course of their enquiries. Such beasts include holism, post-positivistic work in the philosophy of science, Kuhnian relativism, the denial of objectivity, hermeneutics and several others, both good and bad.

166 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

Denis Charles Phillips is Professor Emeritus of Education and of Philosophy at Stanford University. Professor Phillips' special interest is in educational research and evaluation of program methodology and design.