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The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science
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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 material in this volume is presented in accessible language, with an eye toward undergraduate and graduate students who may be coming to some of this material for the first time. Scholars too will appreciate this clarity, along with the chance to read about the latest advances in the discipline. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is broken up into four parts.
Historical and Philosophical Context
Concepts
Debates
Individual Sciences
Edited by two of the leading scholars in the discipline, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of social science, and its many areas of connection and overlap with key debates in the philosophy of science.
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Historical and Philosophical Context
Concepts
Debates
Individual Sciences
Edited by two of the leading scholars in the discipline, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the philosophy of social science, and its many areas of connection and overlap with key debates in the philosophy of science.
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Product details
- Hardback | 454 pages
- 178 x 254 x 30.48mm | 975g
- 22 Dec 2016
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- ROUTLEDGE
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- 1138825751
- 9781138825758
Table of contents
Part I. Historical and philosophical context
Comte and the Positivist Vision
Vincent Guillin
Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology
Warren Schmaus
Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism
Brian Fay
The Development of Logical Empiricism
Thomas Uebel
Kuhn's Influence on the Social Sciences
K. Brad Wray
Popper's Influence on the Social Sciences
Jeremy Shearmur
Interpretation and Critical Theory
Ken Baynes
The Empirical Counter-Revolution
Jaakko Kuorikoski
Part II. Concepts
Explanation
David Henderson
Reductionism
Harold Kincaid
Emergence
Julie Zahle
Methodological Individualism
Petri Ylikoski
Functionalism
Alex Rosenberg
Naturalism
David Livingstone Smith
Game Theory
Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari
Situational Analysis
Kevin D. Hoover
Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation
Sharon Crasnow
Causal Inference and Modeling
Tuukka Kaidesoja
Collective Intentionality
Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic
Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers
Dan Little
Social Ontology
Brian Epstein
Realism and Anti-Realism
Kareem Khalifa & Randall Harp
Critical Realism
Justin Cruickshank
Objectivity
Eleonora Montuschi
Part III. Debates
Are There Social Scientific Laws?
Julian Reiss
Behavioral Economics
Conrad Heilmann
Machine Epistemology and Big Data
Greg Wheeler
Evolutionary Psychology
Stephen M. Downes
Cognitive Science
Stephen Turner and David Eck
The Social Construction of Knowledge
Steve Fuller
Feminism in Social Research
Marianne Janack
Race in Social Research
Michael Root
Part IV. Individual Sciences
Philosophy of Economics
Don Ross
Philosophy of History
Paul A. Roth
Philosophy of Psychology
Nico Orlandi & Janette Dinishak
Philosophy of Sociology & Anthropology
Mark Risjord
Why Is There No Philosophy of Political Science?
Bruno Verbeek & Lee McIntyre
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Comte and the Positivist Vision
Vincent Guillin
Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology
Warren Schmaus
Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism
Brian Fay
The Development of Logical Empiricism
Thomas Uebel
Kuhn's Influence on the Social Sciences
K. Brad Wray
Popper's Influence on the Social Sciences
Jeremy Shearmur
Interpretation and Critical Theory
Ken Baynes
The Empirical Counter-Revolution
Jaakko Kuorikoski
Part II. Concepts
Explanation
David Henderson
Reductionism
Harold Kincaid
Emergence
Julie Zahle
Methodological Individualism
Petri Ylikoski
Functionalism
Alex Rosenberg
Naturalism
David Livingstone Smith
Game Theory
Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari
Situational Analysis
Kevin D. Hoover
Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation
Sharon Crasnow
Causal Inference and Modeling
Tuukka Kaidesoja
Collective Intentionality
Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic
Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers
Dan Little
Social Ontology
Brian Epstein
Realism and Anti-Realism
Kareem Khalifa & Randall Harp
Critical Realism
Justin Cruickshank
Objectivity
Eleonora Montuschi
Part III. Debates
Are There Social Scientific Laws?
Julian Reiss
Behavioral Economics
Conrad Heilmann
Machine Epistemology and Big Data
Greg Wheeler
Evolutionary Psychology
Stephen M. Downes
Cognitive Science
Stephen Turner and David Eck
The Social Construction of Knowledge
Steve Fuller
Feminism in Social Research
Marianne Janack
Race in Social Research
Michael Root
Part IV. Individual Sciences
Philosophy of Economics
Don Ross
Philosophy of History
Paul A. Roth
Philosophy of Psychology
Nico Orlandi & Janette Dinishak
Philosophy of Sociology & Anthropology
Mark Risjord
Why Is There No Philosophy of Political Science?
Bruno Verbeek & Lee McIntyre
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Review quote
A state-of-the-art collection of original essays by the best writers in the field of history and philosophy of the social sciences.
--Merrilee H. Salmon, University of Pittsburgh
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--Merrilee H. Salmon, University of Pittsburgh
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About Lee McIntyre
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.
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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.
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