The Idea of a Social Science: And its Relation to Philosophy - Softcover

Winch, Peter

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Synopsis

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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About the Author

Peter Winch (1926-1997). Born in Walthamstow, Essex, Peter Winch was an internationally respected Philosopher and an influential student of Wittgenstein. The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy is his most famous work.

Review

This is a brave and interesting little book. It may turn out to be a very important one. For it is far and away the liveliest and most cogent of the responses yet made to that staid official judgement of some years ago, that political philosophy must now be presumed dead..
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9780415423588: The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy (Routledge Classics (Paperback))

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ISBN 10:  0415423589 ISBN 13:  9780415423588
Publisher: Routledge, 2007
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