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BK

1st pub.

Los Angeles : Sage, 2011

xvii, 749 s. : il. ; 26 cm

ISBN 978-1-84787-400-9 (váz.)

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INTRODUCTION -- Philosophical Problems of the Social Sciences: Paradigms, Methodology, and Ontology Ian Jarvie -- PART 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE -- 1 The Philosophy of Social Science from Mandeville to Mannheim Joseph Agassi -- 2 Continental Philosophies of the Social Sciences David Teira -- 3 The Philosophy of Social Science in the Twentieth Century: Analytic Traditions: Reflections on the Rationalitätstreit -- Paul Roth -- PART 2 CENTRAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL ONTOLOGY -- 4 Naturalism: The Place of Society in Nature Don Ross -- 5 Language and Society Frank Hindriks -- 6 Social Minds Laurence Kaufmann -- 7 Rational Agency Fred D’Agostino -- 8 Individualism, Collective Agency and The "Micro-Macro Relation" Alban Bouvier -- 9 Rules, Norms, and Commitments Fabienne Peter and Kai Spiekennann -- 10 Systems Theory Andreas Pickel -- 11 The Concept of Culture as an Ontological Paradox Angel Diaz de Rada -- 12 Power and Social Class in the Twenty-first Century Daniel Little -- 13 Causality, Causal Models, and Social Mechanisms Daniel Steel -- PART 3 A PHILOSOPHER’S GUIDE TO SOCIAL SCIENCE PARADIGMS -- 14 Rational Choice Theory Cédric Paternotte -- 15 Game Theory Giacomo Bonanno -- 16 Social Networks -- Joan de Marti and Yves Zenou -- 17 Normative Criteria of Social Choice Maurice Salles and Antoinette Baujard -- 18 Analytical Sociology -- Peter Hedström and Petri Ylikoski -- 19 Institutions -- C. Mantzavinos -- 20 Evolutionary Approaches Geoffrey Hodgson -- 21

Functionalism and Structuralism Anthony King -- 22 Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and Ethnomethodology Hans-Herbert Kögler -- 23 Pragmatism and Symbolic Interactionism Alex Dennis -- 24 Social Constructionism, Postmodernism and Deconstructionism Patrick Baert, Darin Weinberg and Véronique Mottier -- 25 Theories of Culture, Cognition, and Action Sun-Ki Chai -- 26 Communicative Action and Critical Theory Martin Morris -- PART 4 METHODOLOGY: ASSESSING AND USING SOCIAL THEORIES -- 27 Facts, Values, and Objectivity Heather Douglas -- 28 Idealised Representations, Inferential Devices and Cross-Disciplinary Tools: Theoretical Models in Social Sciences Tar ja Knuuttila and Jaakko Kuorikoski -- 29 Empirical Evidence: Its Nature and Sources Julian Reiss -- 30 Experiments Francesco Guala -- 31 Mathematics and Statistics in the Social Sciences Stephan Hartmann and Jan Sprenger -- 32 Artificial Worlds and Agent-Based Simulation Till Grüne-Yanoff -- 33 Explanation in the Social Sciences Jemen Van Bouwel and Erik Weber -- 34 Prediction Gregor Betz -- 35 Science and Technology Studies and Social Epistemology: The Struggle for Normativity in Social Theories of Knowledge -- Steve Fuller -- 36 Expert Judgement -- Maria Jiménez-Buedo and Jesús Zamora-Bonilla -- 37 Social Technology -- Maarten Derksen and Anne Beaulieu -- EPILOGUE -- Rationality in the Social Sciences: Bridging the Gap Jesus Zamora-Bonilla