David M. Walker

Marx, Methodology and Science (eBook, ePUB)

Marx's Science of Politics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This title was first published in 2001. The book aims to give a clear and accessible account of Marx's method and an assessment of its scientific validity and relevance to contemporary social science; The key methodological themes of Marx's work and their development are shown with particular attention paid to the elements of dialectics and materialism; Four models of science are outlined-positivism; critical rationalism; scientific conventionalism; scientific realism - and the arguments and evidence both for and against Marx's method corresponding to any of them examined. The conclusion arrived at is that Marx's method is a good example of social scientific practice according to the scientific realist model and that it has a positive contribution to make to social science today.realism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351752909
• Artikelnr.: 48858322

Autorenporträt

David M. Walker

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Method in the early Marx
Method in the later Marx
Marx and materialism
Marx and dialectics
Conceptions of science
Marx and science
Conclusion
Bibliography.