ISBN:
9780813345932
,
9780813345925
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 324 S
Edition:
4. ed.
DDC:
300.1
Keywords:
Social sciences Philosophy
;
Social sciences Philosophy
;
Sozialwissenschaften
;
Wissenschaftstheorie
;
Sozialwissenschaften
;
Wissenschaftstheorie
Abstract:
What is the philosophy of social science -- The methodological divide: naturalism v. interpretation -- The explanation of human action -- Intentionality and intensionality -- Behaviorism in the behavioral sciences -- Problems of rational choice theory -- Social psychology and the construction of society -- Philosophical anthropology -- Holism and antireductionism in sociology and psychology -- Functionalism as a research program -- Sociobiology or the standard social science model? -- Theories of cultural evolution -- Research ethics in social inquiry -- Facts and values in the human sciences -- Social science and the enduring questions of philosophy
Description / Table of Contents:
What is the philosophy of social science -- The methodological divide: naturalism v. interpretation -- The explanation of human action -- Intentionality and intensionality -- Behaviorism in the behavioral sciences -- Problems of rational choice theory -- Social psychology and the construction of society -- Philosophical anthropology -- Holism and antireductionism in sociology and psychology -- Functionalism as a research program -- Sociobiology or the standard social science model? -- Theories of cultural evolution -- Research ethics in social inquiry -- Facts and values in the human sciences -- Social science and the enduring questions of philosophy.
Note:
Includes bibliography and index
