Woodcutters and Witchcraft: Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social Sciences

By Mark W. Risjord

Uncovers the methodological principles that govern interpretive change.

Well written and richly illustrated with vivid examples from Wittgenstein's woodcutters to witchcraft in Mexico and elsewhere, this book argues that the underlying methodological principle governing interpretive change is explanatory coherence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791445127
• ISBN13: 9780791445129
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher