The Routledge companion to philosophy of social science
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The Routledge companion to philosophy of social science
（Routledge companions to philosophy）
Routledge, 2019
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"First issued in paperback 2019"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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 anyone interested in the philosophy of social science, and its many areas of connection and overlap with key debates in the philosophy of science.
Table of Contents
Part I. Historical and philosophical context
Comte and the Positivist Vision
Vincent Guillin
Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology
Warren Schmaus
Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism
Brian Fay
The Development of Logical Empiricism
Thomas Uebel
Kuhn's Influence on the Social Sciences
K. Brad Wray
Popper's Influence on the Social Sciences
Jeremy Shearmur
Interpretation and Critical Theory
Ken Baynes
The Empirical Counter-Revolution
Jaakko Kuorikoski
Part II. Concepts
Explanation
David Henderson
Reductionism
Harold Kincaid
Emergence
Julie Zahle
Methodological Individualism
Petri Ylikoski
Functionalism
Alex Rosenberg
Naturalism
David Livingstone Smith
Game Theory
Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari
Situational Analysis
Kevin D. Hoover
Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation
Sharon Crasnow
Causal Inference and Modeling
Tuukka Kaidesoja
Collective Intentionality
Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic
Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers
Dan Little
Social Ontology
Brian Epstein
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