Philosophy of Social Science: A Contemporary Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781032075860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 380 str.

USA) Risjord Mark (Emory University

Opis

This accessible text offers a comprehensive overview of debates in the field. Topics include the relationship of social policy to social science, interpretive research, cognitive and evolutionary explanations, intentional action explanation, rational choice theory, conventions and social norms, and more.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Objectivity, Values, and the Possibility of a Social Science  3. Theories, Interpretations, and Concepts  4. Interpretive Methodology  5. Action and Agency  6. Modeling and Explaining  7. Reductionism: Structures, Agents, and Evolution  8. Race and Other Social Constructions  9. Social Norms  10. Intentions, Institutions, and Collective Action  11. Causality and Law in the Social World  12. Methodologies of Causal Inference