{"product_id":"wittgenstein-among-the-sciences-by-rupert-read-9781409430544","title":"Wittgenstein among the Sciences","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngaging with the question of the extent to which the so-called human, economic or social sciences are actually sciences, this book moves away from the search for a criterion or definition that will allow us to sharply distinguish the scientific from the non-scientific. Instead, the book favours the pursuit of clarity with regard to the various enterprises undertaken by human beings, with a view to dissolving the felt need for such a demarcation. In other words, Read pursues a \u003cem\u003e'therapeutic'\u003c\/em\u003e approach to the issue of the status and nature of these subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscussing the work of Kuhn, Winch and Wittgenstein in relation to the fundamental question of methodology, \u003cem\u003eWittgenstein among the Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e undertakes an examination of the nature of (natural) science itself, in the light of which a series of successive cases of putatively scientific disciplines are analysed. A novel and significant contribution to social science methodology and the philosophy of science and 'the human sciences', this book will be of interest to social scientists and philosophers, as well as to psychiatrists, economists and cognitive scientists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608286216428,"sku":"9781409430544","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781409430544-wittgenstein-among-the-sciences.jpg?v=1778194518","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/wittgenstein-among-the-sciences-by-rupert-read-9781409430544","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}