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Woodcutters and Witchcraft: Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social Sciences (SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences) - Softcover

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Risjord, Mark W.

 
9780791445129: Woodcutters and Witchcraft: Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social Sciences (SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences)
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ISBN 10: 0791445127 ISBN 13: 9780791445129
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Mark W. Risjord is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Emory University.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791445127
ISBN 13 
9780791445129
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
216

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