Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 The philosophy of social research -- Chapter 2 The positivist orthodoxy -- Chapter 3 Positivism and the language of social research -- Chapter 4 Positivism and the conception of science -- Chapter 5 The interpretative alternative -- Chapter 6 Lay versus scientific conceptions -- Chapter 7 Language, reality and rationality -- Chapter 8 The evaporation of meaning -- Chapter 9 Conclusion…”