The History and Philosophy of Social Science: An Introduction (Paperback)

by Scott Gordon (Author)
Key Phrases: Adam Smith, United States, Herbert Spencer (more...)

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". . . a scholarly and extremely urgent survey of the development of ideas in the social sciences . . . a thoroughly engaging and readable book." -- The Economic Journal

". . . a work of rare authority in this riveting and beautifully written history of the social sciences . . . at once scholarly and popular." -- Mark Blaug, University of London

"...represents a sensible and insightful choice of material and themes, well suited for the economist curious about the sister disciplines." -- Journal of Economic Literature

"The ideas that we carry around with us have their own history, and this book tells us where these ideas come from." -- James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Economics

This book is about what modern social science is and how it came to be what it is. The ideas that we carry around with us have their own history, and his book tells us where these ideas came from.' - James M. Buchanan, George Mason University and Nobel Laureate in Economics

This book is about what modern social science is and how it came to be what it is. The ideas that we carry around with us have their own history, and his book tells us where these ideas came from. - James M. Buchanan, George Mason University and Nobel Laureate in Economics

`Professor Gordon has created a work of rare authority in this riveting and beautifully written history of the social sciences. The book is at once scholarly and popular.' - Mark Blaug

`Professor Gordon has created a work of rare authority in this riveting and beautifully written history of the social sciences. The book is at once scholarly and popular. - Mark Blaug

`This is a major work which is set to become a classic. Scott Gordon has written what is not only a scholarly and extremely useful survey of the development of ideas in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to the present day, but also a thoroughly engaging and enjoyable book.' - The Economic Journal

`This is a major work which is set to become a classic. Scott Gordon has written what is not only a scholarly and extremely useful survey of the development of ideas in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to the present day, but also a thoroughly engaging and enjoyable book. - The Economic Journal

Product Description
At once a major contribution and a superb overview, The History and Philosophy of Social Science is a bold new synthesis of the different traditions in the social sciences. Scott Gordon provides a review of the historical development of the social sciences from their beginnings in Renaissance Italy to the present day. He examines the problems that the great thinkers have confronted in their attempts to construct systematic theories of social phenomena. At the same time, he presents an authoritative survey of the major writers in the fields of economics, sociology and political science.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 704 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (June 14, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415096707
• ISBN-13: 978-0415096706
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.8 inches
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