| Description |
viii, 382 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Blackwell philosophy guides ; 11 |
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Blackwell philosophy guides ; 11
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| Contents |
Introduction: Ghosts and the Machine: Issues of Agency, Rationality, and Scientific Methodology in Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science / Stephen P. Turner and Paul A. Roth -- Pt. I. Pasts. 1. Cause, the Persistence of Teleology, and the Origins of the Philosophy of Social Science / Stephen P. Turner. 2. Phenomenology and Social Inquiry: From Consciousness to Culture and Critique / Brian Fay. 3. Twentieth-century Philosophy of Social Science in the Analytic Tradition / Thomas Uebel -- Pt. II. Programs. 4. Critical Theory as Practical Knowledge: Participants, Observers, and Critics / James Bohman. 5. Decision Theory and Degree of Belief / Piers Rawling. 6. The Methodology of Rational Choice / Lars Udehn. 7. Mathematical Modeling in the Social Sciences / Paul Humphreys. 8. The Practical Turn / David G. Stern. 9. Science & Technology Studies and the Philosophy of Social Sciences / Steve Fuller -- Pt. III. Problematics. 10. "See Also Literary Criticism": Social Science Between Fact and Figures / Hans Kellner. 11. The Descent of Evolutionary Explanations: Darwinian Vestiges in the Social Sciences / Lynn Hankinson Nelson. 12. How Standpoint Methodology Informs Philosophy of Social Science / Sandra Harding. 13. Beyond Understanding: The Career of the Concept of Understanding in the Human Sciences / Paul A. Roth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Blackwell Reference Online |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Turner, Stephen P., 1951-
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Roth, Paul Andrew, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2002004263 |
| ISBN |
0631215379 alkaline paper |
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0631215387 paperback alkaline paper |
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