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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145684603321

Titolo

The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of the social sciences [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stephen P. Turner and Paul A. Roth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2003

ISBN

1-4051-6473-5

1-78268-412-3

1-281-32075-7

9786611320751

0-470-75648-9

0-470-75647-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Blackwell philosophy guides ; ; 11

Altri autori (Persone)

TurnerStephen P. <1951->

RothPaul Andrew <1948->

Disciplina

300.1

300/.1

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction. Ghosts and the Machine: Issues of Agency, Rationality, and Scientific Methodology in Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science; Part I Pasts; 1 Cause, the Persistence of Teleology, and the Origins of the Philosophy of Social Science; 2 Phenomenology and Social Inquiry: From Consciousness to Culture and Critique; 3 Twentieth-century Philosophy of Social Science in the Analytic Tradition; Part II Programs; 4 Critical Theory as Practical Knowledge: Participants, Observers, and Critics

5 Decision Theory and Degree of Belief6 The Methodology of Rational Choice; 7 Mathematical Modeling in the Social Sciences; 8 The Practical Turn; 9 Science & Technology Studies and the Philosophy of Social Sciences; Part III Problematics; 10 "See Also Literary Criticism": Social Science Between Fact and Figures; 11 The Descent of Evolutionary Explanations: Darwinian Vestiges in the Social Sciences; 12 How Standpoint Methodology Informs Philosophy of Social Science; 13



Beyond Understanding: The Career of the Concept of Understanding in the Human Sciences; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences collects newly commissioned essays that examine fundamental issues in the social sciences.