Philosophy of social science /
Alexander Rosenberg
- FOURTH EDITION.
- Colorado : Westview Press, c2012
- xi, 324 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What is the philosophy of social science? -- 2. The methodological divide: naturalism v. interpretation -- 3. The explanation of human action -- 4. Intentionality and Intensionality -- 5. Behaviorism in the behavioral sciences -- 6. Problems of rational choice theory -- 7. Social psychology and the construction of society -- 8. Philosophical anthropology -- 9. Holism and antireductionism in sociology and psychology -- 10. Functionalism as a research program -- 11. Sociobiology or the standard social science model? -- 12. Theories of cultural evolution -- 13. Research ethics in social inquiry -- 14. Facts and values in the human sciences -- 15. Social science and the enduring questions of philosophy.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Philosophy of Social Science provides a solid introduction to the connections between social science and philosophy.