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Forms of Explanation : Rethinking the Questions in Social Theory
Overview
What makes one explanation better than another? How can we tell when an explanation has really answered our question? In a lively and readable discussion, Garfinkel argues that the key to understanding an explanation is to discover what question is really being answered. He then suggests criteria for a good explanation and goes on to examine some classic explanations in social and natural science.
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- ISBN-13: 9780300049022
- ISBN-10: 0300049021
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publish Date: July 1990
- Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.49 x 0.69 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 197
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