Winch, Peter.

The idea of a social science and its relation to philosophy / Peter Winch. - [New] ed. / with a new introduction by Raimond Gaita. - London : Routledge, 2008. - xxix, 136 p. ; 20 cm. - Routledge classics .

Previous ed.: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-131) and index.

Winch addresses the possibility and practice of a comprehensive 'science of society', drawing from the works of such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein, J.S. Mill and Max Weber to make his case.

Specialized.

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Social sciences--Philosophy.

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