Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences

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Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences is written by Gurpreet Mahajan and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199088675 (ISBN 10) and 9780199088676 (ISBN 13).

Social scientists explain events by identifying reasons and causes. Occasionally they weave a series of events into a historical narrative. What is entailed in each kind of explanation? What form of explanation is adequate for the social sciences? In this lucid book, Gurpreet Mahajan surveys each of the major forms of inquiry—hermeneutic understanding, narrative, reason-action, and causal explanation—to examine how each method changes our perceptions of social reality. The third edition includes a new Preface that discusses some recent shifts in the conceptualization of the social sciences.