"Gorton deals critically, but sympathetically and insightfully, with Karl Popper's philosophy of the social sciences, and his method of situational analysis as a model of social-scientific explanation in particular. While the topic is dense, Gorton manages to make it lively and interesting. His book makes a singular and significant contribution to the philosophy and methodology of social-scientific inquiry."

William A. Gorton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Alma College, Michigan.