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Philosophy of social science / Alexander Rosenberg

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Colorado : Westview Press, c2012Edition: FOURTH EDITIONDescription: xi, 324 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780813345925
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H 61 .R668 2012
Contents:
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.
Summary: This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Philosophy of Social Science provides a solid introduction to the connections between social science and philosophy.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation Gen. Ed - CEAS GC H 61 .R668 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000011269

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.

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