Explanation and understanding in the human sciences [electronic resource] / Gurpreet Mahajan. Mahajan, Gurpreet. Social sciences Methodology. Causation. BD541 300.1 23 Previous ed.: 1997. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Gurpreet Mahajan surveys each of the major forms of inquiry - hermeneutic understanding, narrative, reason-action, and causal explanation - to examine how each method changes our perceptions of social reality. This edition includes a new Preface that discusses the evolution in social sciences over the last twenty years. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xii, 155 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198076971.001.0001 eng Oxford India paperbacks Oxford India paperbacks.