The status of the social sciences as knowledge presents two fundamental problems. The first is epistemological: in what sense is the subject of the social sciences known and knowable? The second is pragmatic: can knowledge generated by the social sciences be applied, and with what consequences?In this book, Nico Stehr offers a major reassessment of the latter question of the utility of social science knowledge, including economics. Arguing for a reconception of the ways in which social scientific knowledge can be and is applied, this book will be of interest to a broad range of social scientists.
- ISBN10 0803986998
- ISBN13 9780803986992
- Publish Date 27 May 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 November 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English
- URL https://uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book203694