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The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is an outstanding guide to the major themes, movements, debates, and topics in the philosophy of social science. It includes thirty-seven newly written chapters, by many of the leading scholars in the field, as well as a comprehensive introduction by the editors. Insofar as possible, the material in this volume is presented in accessible language, with an eye toward undergraduate and graduate students who may be coming to some of this material for the first time. Scholars too will appreciate this clarity, along with the chance to read about the latest advances in the discipline. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is broken up into four parts.

    • Historical and Philosophical Context

    • Concepts

    • Debates

    • Individual Sciences

Edited by two of the leading scholars in the discipline, this volume is essential reading for an

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A state-of-the-art collection of original essays by the best writers in the field of history and philosophy of the social sciences.

--Merrilee H. Salmon, University of Pittsburgh



Table of Contents

Part I. Historical and philosophical context

  2. Comte and the Positivist Vision

  3. Vincent Guillin

  4. Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology

  5. Warren Schmaus

  6. Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism

  7. Brian Fay

  8. The Development of Logical Empiricism

  9. Thomas Uebel

  10. Kuhn’s Influence on the Social Sciences

  11. K. Brad Wray

  12. Popper’s Influence on the Social Sciences

  13. Jeremy Shearmur

  14. Interpretation and Critical Theory

  15. Ken Baynes

  16. The Empirical Counter-Revolution

  17. Jaakko Kuorikoski

    Part II. Concepts

  18. Explanation

  19. David Henderson

  20. Reductionism

  21. Harold Kincaid

  22. Emergence

  23. Julie Zahle

  24. Methodological Individualism

  25. Petri Ylikoski

  26. Functionalism

  27. Alex Rosenberg

  28. Naturalism

  29. David Livingstone Smith

  30. Game Theory

  31. Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari

  32. Situational Analysis

  33. Kevin D. Hoover

  34. Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation

  35. Sharon Crasnow

  36. Causal Inference and Modeling

  37. Tuukka Kaidesoja

  38. Collective Intentionality

  39. Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic

  40. Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers

  41. Dan Little

  42. Social Ontology

  43. Brian Epstein

  44. Realism and Anti-Realism

  45. Kareem Khalifa & Randall Harp

  46. Critical Realism

  47. Justin Cruickshank

  48. Objectivity

  49. Eleonora Montuschi

    Part III. Debates

  50. Are There Social Scientific Laws?

  51. Julian Reiss

  52. Behavioral Economics

  53. Conrad Heilmann

  54. Machine Epistemology and Big Data

  55. Greg Wheeler

  56. Evolutionary Psychology

  57. Stephen M. Downes

  58. Cognitive Science

  59. Stephen Turner and David Eck

  60. The Social Construction of Knowledge

  61. Steve Fuller

  62. Feminism in Social Research

  63. Marianne Janack

  64. Race in Social Research

  65. Michael Root

    Part IV. Individual Sciences

  66. Philosophy of Economics

  67. Don Ross

  68. Philosophy of History

  69. Paul A. Roth

  70. Philosophy of Psychology

  71. Nico Orlandi & Janette Dinishak

  72. Philosophy of Sociology & Anthropology

  73. Mark Risjord

  74. Why Is There No Philosophy of Political Science?

Bruno Verbeek & Lee McIntyre

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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is an outstanding guide to the major themes, movements, debates, and topics in the philosophy of social science. It includes thirty-seven newly written chapters, by many of the leading scholars in the field, as well as a comprehensive introduction by the editors. Insofar as possible, the material in this volume is presented in accessible language, with an eye toward undergraduate and graduate students who may be coming to some of this material for the first time. Scholars too will appreciate this clarity, along with the chance to read about the latest advances in the discipline. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is broken up into four parts.

        • Historical and Philosophical Context

        • Concepts

        • Debates

        • Individual Sciences

      Edited by two of the leading scholars in the discipline, this volume is essential reading for an

      Trade Review

      A state-of-the-art collection of original essays by the best writers in the field of history and philosophy of the social sciences.

      --Merrilee H. Salmon, University of Pittsburgh



      Table of Contents

      Part I. Historical and philosophical context

      2. Comte and the Positivist Vision

      3. Vincent Guillin

      4. Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology

      5. Warren Schmaus

      6. Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism

      7. Brian Fay

      8. The Development of Logical Empiricism

      9. Thomas Uebel

      10. Kuhn’s Influence on the Social Sciences

      11. K. Brad Wray

      12. Popper’s Influence on the Social Sciences

      13. Jeremy Shearmur

      14. Interpretation and Critical Theory

      15. Ken Baynes

      16. The Empirical Counter-Revolution

      17. Jaakko Kuorikoski

        Part II. Concepts

      18. Explanation

      19. David Henderson

      20. Reductionism

      21. Harold Kincaid

      22. Emergence

      23. Julie Zahle

      24. Methodological Individualism

      25. Petri Ylikoski

      26. Functionalism

      27. Alex Rosenberg

      28. Naturalism

      29. David Livingstone Smith

      30. Game Theory

      31. Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari

      32. Situational Analysis

      33. Kevin D. Hoover

      34. Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation

      35. Sharon Crasnow

      36. Causal Inference and Modeling

      37. Tuukka Kaidesoja

      38. Collective Intentionality

      39. Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic

      40. Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers

      41. Dan Little

      42. Social Ontology

      43. Brian Epstein

      44. Realism and Anti-Realism

      45. Kareem Khalifa & Randall Harp

      46. Critical Realism

      47. Justin Cruickshank

      48. Objectivity

      49. Eleonora Montuschi

        Part III. Debates

      50. Are There Social Scientific Laws?

      51. Julian Reiss

      52. Behavioral Economics

      53. Conrad Heilmann

      54. Machine Epistemology and Big Data

      55. Greg Wheeler

      56. Evolutionary Psychology

      57. Stephen M. Downes

      58. Cognitive Science

      59. Stephen Turner and David Eck

      60. The Social Construction of Knowledge

      61. Steve Fuller

      62. Feminism in Social Research

      63. Marianne Janack

      64. Race in Social Research

      65. Michael Root

        Part IV. Individual Sciences

      66. Philosophy of Economics

      67. Don Ross

      68. Philosophy of History

      69. Paul A. Roth

      70. Philosophy of Psychology

      71. Nico Orlandi & Janette Dinishak

      72. Philosophy of Sociology & Anthropology

      73. Mark Risjord

      74. Why Is There No Philosophy of Political Science?

      Bruno Verbeek & Lee McIntyre

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