Finding Philosophy in Social Science

456 Pages·19.237 MB·English

by  Mario Bunge

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binding Philosophy in Social Science

Finding Philosophy
in Social Science
MARIO BUNGE
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
NEW HAVEN AND LONDON
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Published with assistance from the foundation established
in memory of Philip Hamilton McMillan
of the Class of 1894, Yale College.
Copyright © 1996 by Yale University.
All rights reserved.
This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part,
including illustrations, in any form (beyond that
copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S.
Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public
press), without written permission from the publishers.
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Set in Galhard type by The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Printed in the United States of America by Book Crafters, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bunge, Mario Augusto.
Finding philosophy in social science / Mario Bunge,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-300-06606-6 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Social sciences—Philosophy. I. Tide.
H61.B793 1996
300M—dc20 96-4399
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The paper in this book meets the guidelines for
permanence and durability of the Committee on
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10 987654321
To all those interested in social studies, and who either
hate philosophy because they find it irrelevant or obscure, or
love it because they realize that it can bring clarity, depth, unity, and insight