1st 90 pages underlined and marked in margins. some page corners folded . edge smudges. cover hinge crease, rub marks, and scratches. edge and corner curl and wear. cover coating just starting to lift along edges.

1991 Westview Press paperback. 258 pages. 8 3/4" x 5 3/4".

Professor Little presents an introduction to the philosophy of social science with an emphasis on the central forms of explanation in social science: rational-intentional, causal, functional, structural, materialist, statistical and interpretive. The book is very strong on recent developments, particularly in its treatment of rational choice theory, microfoundations for social explanation, the idea of supervenience, functionalism, and current discussions of relativism.