Philosophy of Social Science Books

New and Published Books

1. Philosophy of Economics

   A Contemporary Introduction

   By Julian Reiss

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

   Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered. Throughout,...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Studies in Applied Economics

   By Léon Walras

   Edited by Jan Van Daal

   Léon Walras (1834-1910) was one of the key thinkers behind the development of marginal utility theory and his introduction of general equilibrium theory is one of the cornerstones of modern economic thought. Now, his seminal work Études d'économie politique appliquée, first published in 1898, is...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Beyond Empiricism

   Philosophy of Science in Sociology

   Edited by Andrew Tudor

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: History & Philosophy of Science

   Originally published in 1982. This volume explores some features of modern philosophy of science from the point of view of their utility for sociology’s self-understanding. Recently philosophers of science have broken with the empiricism once fundamental to their discipline, and have sought...

   Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
4. The Use of Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)

   Californian Addresses

   By John Muirhead

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1928, this book reproduces the lectures and addresses that John Henry Muirhead gave on various occasions during the two and a half years he spent as Lecturer of Philosophy on the Mills Foundation at the University of California, USA. The different chapters look at the meaning and...

   Published February 9th 2013 by Routledge
5. Solidarity in Individualized Societies

   Recognition, Justice and Good Judgement

   By Søren Juul

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   In today’s individualized, culturally diverse and globalized society, many sociologists have concluded that the conceptualizations developed by classical sociology are no longer sufficient to promote social cohesion. So what kind of solidarity can achieve this? Engaging with recent thought in...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
6. A Philosophy of Material Culture

   Action, Function, and Mind

   By Beth Preston

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   This book focuses on material culture as a subject of philosophical inquiry and promotes the philosophical study of material culture by articulating some of the central and difficult issues raised by this topic and providing innovative solutions to them, most notably an account of improvised action...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
7. A General Theory of Institutional Change

   By Shiping Tang

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

   Institutional change is a central driving force behind social changes, and thus a central topic in all major fields of social sciences. Yet, no general theory of institutional change exists. Drawing from a diverse literature, this book develops a general theory of institutional change, based on a...

   Published December 3rd 2012 by Routledge
8. The Cesare Lombroso Handbook

   Edited by Paul Knepper, Per Jørgen Ystehede

   The Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835 – 1909) is the single-most important figure in the founding of criminology and the study of aberrant conduct in the human sciences. The Cesare Lombroso Handbook brings together essays by leading Lombroso scholars and is divided into four main parts,...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
9. Architectures of Economic Subjectivity

   The Philosophical Foundations of the Subject in the History of Economic Thought

   By Sonya Scott

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   The history of European economic thought has long been written by those seeking to prove or disprove the truth-value of the theories they describe. This work takes a different approach. It explores the philosophical groundwork of the theoretical structure within which economic subjects are...

   Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
10. Dimensions of Pain

    Humanities and Social Science Perspectives

    Edited by Lisa Folkmarson Käll

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

    Pain research is still dominated by biomedical perspectives and the need to articulate pain in ways other than those offered by evidence based medical models is pressing. Examining closely subjective experiences of pain, this book explores the way in which pain is situated, communicated and formed...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge