The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of the social sciences / / edited by Stephen P. Turner and Paul A. Roth
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| Titolo: |
The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of the social sciences / / edited by Stephen P. Turner and Paul A. Roth
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2003] |
| ©2003 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 300/.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social sciences - Philosophy |
| Persona (resp. second.): | TurnerStephen P. <1951-> |
| RothPaul Andrew <1948-> | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of the social sciences |
| ISBN: | 1-4051-6473-5 |
| 1-78268-412-3 | |
| 1-281-32075-7 | |
| 9786611320751 | |
| 0-470-75648-9 | |
| 0-470-75647-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910830552703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Blackwell philosophy guides ; ; 11.