Well written and richly illustrated with vivid examples from Wittgenstein's woodcutters to witchcraft in Mexico and elsewhere, this book argues that the underlying methodological principle governing interpretive change is explanatory coherence.
Language
English
Pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Release
March 09, 2000
ISBN
0791445127
ISBN 13
9780791445129
Woodcutters and Witchcraft: Rationality and Interpretive Change in the Social Sciences
Well written and richly illustrated with vivid examples from Wittgenstein's woodcutters to witchcraft in Mexico and elsewhere, this book argues that the underlying methodological principle governing interpretive change is explanatory coherence.