Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science

Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science - A Bradford Book

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Publisher's Synopsis

This is the first comprehensive anthology in the philosophy of social science to appear since the late 1960s. Covering all of the major areas in the discipline, it will serve as the standard source for scholarship in the field and could be used as the basis for an entire course. The anthology offers one complete, convenient, and well-chosen selection of readings, plus three specially commissioned articles that encompass the entire range of topics in the field and cover both sides of currently hot debates about explanation, methodological individualism, and the special sciences. The introductions to each section provide a map through the discipline.

Sections cover
Explanation, Prediction, and Laws  Interpretation and Meaning  Rationality  Functional Explanation  Reductionism, Individualism, and Holism  Objectivity and Values  Problems of the Special Sciences  Commissioned articles: Taylor on Interpretation and the Sciences of Man Michael Martin  Microfoundations of Marxism, D. Little  Evidential Constraints: Pragmatic Empiricism in Archaeology, A. Wylie

Book information

ISBN: 9780262631518
Publisher: The MIT Press
Imprint: The MIT Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 814
Weight: 1390g
Height: 179mm
Width: 254mm
Spine width: 42mm