ISBN: 9780521777445 - Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. In twenty-six succinct chapters, Jon Elster provides an account of the nature of explanation in the social sciences. He offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms in the social sciences, relying on hundreds of examples and drawing on a large variety of sources - psychology, behavioral economics, biology, political science, historical writings, philosophy and fiction. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, Elster aims at accuracy and clarity while eschewing formal models. In a provocative conclusion, Elster defends the centrality of qualitative social sciences in a two-front war against soft (literary) and hard (mathematical) forms of obscurantism.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This book is an expanded and revised edition of the author's critically acclaimed volume Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences. In twenty-six succinct chapters, Jon Elster provides an account of the nature of explanation in the social sciences. He offers an overview of key explanatory mechanisms in the social sciences, relying on hundreds of examples and drawing on a large variety of sources - psychology, behavioral economics, biology, political science, historical writings, philosophy and fiction. Written in accessible and jargon-free language, Elster aims at accuracy and clarity while eschewing formal models. In a provocative conclusion, Elster defends the centrality of qualitative social sciences in a two-front war against soft (literary) and hard (mathematical) forms of obscurantism.…

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition Unstated. Gently used in very good condition. Text appears to be clean. The binding is sturdy. Cover has corner bumps, dings, scuffs and rubbed edges. May have bookstore stickers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; History. ISBN: 0521777445. ISBN/EAN: 9780521777445. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561052696. …

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