Free standard shipping on all orders
  • Visa
  • Master Card
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • JCB

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science book cover

1st Edition

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science

Edited By Lee McIntyre, Alex Rosenberg Copyright 2017
476 Pages
by Routledge

474 Pages
by Routledge

474 Pages
by Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
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... Read more

           Part I. Historical and philosophical context









  1. Comte and the Positivist Vision




    2. Vincent Guillin







  2. Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology




    3. Warren Schmaus







  3. Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism




    4. Brian Fay







  4. The Development of Logical Empiricism




    5. Thomas Uebel







  5. Kuhn’s Influence on the Social Sciences




    6. K. Brad Wray







  6. Popper’s Influence on the Social Sciences




    7. Jeremy Shearmur







  7. Interpretation and Critical Theory




    8. Ken Baynes







  8. The Empirical Counter-Revolution




    9. Jaakko Kuorikoski





    Part II. Concepts







  9. Explanation




    10. David Henderson







  10. Reductionism




    11. Harold Kincaid







  11. Emergence




    12. Julie Zahle







  12. Methodological Individualism




    13. Petri Ylikoski







  13. Functionalism




    14. Alex Rosenberg







  14. Naturalism




    15. David Livingstone Smith







  15. Game Theory




    16. Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari







  16. Situational Analysis




    17. Kevin D. Hoover







  17. Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation




    18. Sharon Crasnow







  18. Causal Inference and Modeling




    19. Tuukka Kaidesoja







  19. Collective Intentionality




    20. Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic







  20. Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers




    21. Dan Little







  21. Social Ontology




    22. Brian Epstein



Biography

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.

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

Add to Cart