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050 _aH 61 .R668 2012
100 _aRosenberg, Alexander
_eauthor
245 0 _aPhilosophy of social science /
_cAlexander Rosenberg
250 _aFOURTH EDITION.
260 _aColorado :
_bWestview Press,
_cc2012
300 _axi, 324 pages ;
_c23 cm.
365 _bUSD37.78
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a1. 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.
520 _aThis thoroughly revised and updated edition of Philosophy of Social Science provides a solid introduction to the connections between social science and philosophy.
650 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE
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