The Nature of Social Science

By George Caspar

Book Overview

A discussion of the social sciences and of their relation to the physical and biological sciences. Homans believes that these all form a single science, sharing the same subject and explanatory principles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156654253
• ISBN13: 9780156654258
• Release Date: October 1967
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Concise perspective of social science

Writing in the 1960s, the Harvard professor (who never earned his PhD) takes stock of social science methodologies and theoretical frameworks. This is based on a lecture given at the University of Washington. Homans argues for the importance of psychology and its methods as the basis or foundation of social science. En route, he assesses functionalism, makes comparisons to the natural sciences, and explores the goals of social science and natural science alike - to explain phenomena!