Towards a pragmatist-inspired philosophy of social science

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-203

  Baert, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Family Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti foundationalism; Genealogy; Method; Philosophy of social science; Pragmatism; Rorty

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444494520     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699305056562     Document Type: Review

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