The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science

ISBN-13: 9780367871574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 476 str.

Lee McIntyre; Alex Rosenberg

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The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is an outstanding guide to the major themes, movements, debates, and topics in the philosophy of social science. It includes thirty-seven newly written chapters, by many of the leading scholars in the field, as well as a comprehensive introduction by the editors. Insofar as possible, the ma

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           Part I. Historical and philosophical context

1. Comte and the Positivist Vision







Vincent Guillin












2. Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology







Warren Schmaus












3. Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism







Brian Fay












4. The Development of Logical Empiricism







Thomas Uebel












5. Kuhn’s Influence on the Social Sciences







K. Brad Wray












6. Popper’s Influence on the Social Sciences







Jeremy Shearmur












7. Interpretation and Critical Theory







Ken Baynes












8. The Empirical Counter-Revolution







Jaakko Kuorikoski








Part II. Concepts












9. Explanation







David Henderson












10. Reductionism







Harold Kincaid












11. Emergence







Julie Zahle












12. Methodological Individualism







Petri Ylikoski












13. Functionalism







Alex Rosenberg












14. Naturalism







David Livingstone Smith












15. Game Theory







Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari












16. Situational Analysis







Kevin D. Hoover












17. Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation







Sharon Crasnow












18. Causal Inference and Modeling







Tuukka Kaidesoja












19. Collective Intentionality







Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic












20. Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers







Dan Little












21. Social Ontology







Brian Epstein

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Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. He is the author of several books, including Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age (Routledge 2015) and Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior (MIT Press, 2006).

Alex Rosenberg is an American philosopher and the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. Rosenberg has written many books, including The Atheist s Guide to Reality. The Girl from Krakow is his first novel. It is based on the experiences of several individuals through the 1930s and World War II.