The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-82575-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1004 g

Reihe: Routledge Philosophy Companions

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcintyre, Lee

Rosenberg, Alex

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.