Philosophy of social science

By:

Rosenberg, Alexander

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boulder Westview Press 2012Edition: 4thDescription: xi,324pISBN:

9780813345925

Subject(s):

Social sciences -- Philosophy

DDC classification:

300.1 22 RO-P

Contents:

What is the philosophy of social science -- The methodological divide: naturalism v. interpretation -- The explanation of human action -- Intentionality and intensionality -- Behaviorism in the behavioral sciences -- Problems of rational choice theory -- Social psychology and the construction of society -- Philosophical anthropology -- Holism and antireductionism in sociology and psychology -- Functionalism as a research program -- Sociobiology or the standard social science model? -- Theories of cultural evolution -- Research ethics in social inquiry -- Facts and values in the human sciences -- Social science and the enduring questions of philosophy.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-310) and index.

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