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Article: The History and Philosophy of Social Science.
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- Southern Economic Journal
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
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This is a rare and masterful book that will doubtless constitute a key resource for many future scholars. Scott Gordon has produced a most erudite survey of the fundamental issues involved in the development of social science, including economics, sociology, history, and political science. His orientation on his subject, he tells us, is "to maintain a strong focus on the flow of theoretical ideas in the history of social science, and to connect that history with issues in the philosophy of the subject". Thus the book does not attempt to comprehensively survey all identifiable contributions to social science, but rather seeks to explain the broad strategies of explanation ...