THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

• Other Authors: McIntyre, Lee (Editor), Rosenberg, Alex (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: NEW YORK Routledge 2017
• Subjects: Social sciences > Philosophy
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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 introduct...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Historical and philosophical contextComte and the Positivist Vision Vincent Guillin Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology Warren SchmausVerstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism Brian FayThe Development of Logical Empiricism Thomas UebelKuhn's Influence on the Social Sciences K. Brad WrayPopper's Influence on the Social Sciences Jeremy ShearmurInterpretation and Critical Theory Ken BaynesThe Empirical Counter-Revolution Jaakko KuorikoskiPart II. ConceptsExplanation David HendersonReductionism Harold KincaidEmergence Julie ZahleMethodological Individualism Petri YlikoskiFunctionalism Alex RosenbergNaturalism David Livingstone SmithGame Theory Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo SillariSituational Analysis Kevin D. HooverBias in Social Scientific Experimentation Sharon CrasnowCausal Inference and Modeling Tuukka KaidesojaCollective Intentionality Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers Dan LittleSocial Ontology Brian EpsteinRealism and Anti-Realism Kareem Khalifa & Randall Harp Critical Realism Justin CruickshankObjectivity Eleonora MontuschiPart III. DebatesAre There Social Scientific Laws? Julian ReissBehavioral Economics Conrad HeilmannMachine Epistemology and Big Data Greg WheelerEvolutionary Psychology Stephen M. DownesCognitive Science Stephen Turner and David EckThe Social Construction of Knowledge Steve FullerFeminism in Social Research Marianne JanackRace in Social Research Michael RootPart IV. Individual Sciences Philosophy of Economics Don RossPhilosophy of History Paul A. RothPhilosophy of Psychology Nico Orlandi & Janette DinishakPhilosophy of Sociology & Anthropology Mark RisjordWhy Is There No Philosophy of Political Science? Bruno Verbeek & Lee McIntyre