Social philosophy of science for the social sciences
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Social philosophy of science for the social sciences
（Theory and history in the human and social sciences）
Springer, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This is an international and interdisciplinary volume that provides a new look at the general background of the social sciences from a philosophical perspective and provides directions for methodology. It seeks to overcome the limitations of the traditional treatises of a philosophy of science rooted in the physical sciences, as well as extend the coverage of basic science to intentional and socially normative features of the social sciences.
The discussions included in this book are divided into four thematic sections:
Social and cognitive roots for reflexivity upon the research process
Philosophies of explanation in the social sciences
Social normativity in social sciences
Social processes in particular sciences
Social Philosophy of Science for the Social Sciences will find an interested audience in students of the philosophy of science and social sciences. It is also relevant for researchers and students in the fields of psychology, sociology, economics, anthropology, education, and political science.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Social sciences between knowledge and ideologies: need for philosophyPart I. Social and cognitive roots for reflexivity upon the research processChapter 2. Social sciences, what for? On the manifold directions of social researchChapter 3. Vitenskapsteori-- - what, how and why?Chapter 4. Culture or Biology? If this sounds interesting, you might be confused.Chapter 5. Conditional Objectivism: A Strategy for Connecting the Social Sciences and Practical Decision-MakingChapter 6. Towards Reflexivity in Science: Anthropological Reflections on Science and SocietyPart II. Philosophies of explanation in the social sciencesChapter 7. Explanation: guidance for social scientistsChapter 8. From causality to catalysis in the social sciencesChapter 9. How to identify and how to conduct research that is informative and reproducibleChapter 10. Explaining social phenomena: Emergence and Levels of ExplanationPart III. Social normativity in social sciencesChapter 11. Normativity in psychology and the social sciences: Questions of universalityChapter 12. The crisis in psychological science, and the need for a person-oriented approachChapter 13. Open access, a remedy to the crisis in scientific inquiry?Part IV. Social processes in particular sciences: challenges to interdisciplinarityChapter 14. Fragmented and Critical? Some challenges for a social organization of Norwegian sociology, and implications for innovationChapter 15. How do economists think?Part V.General ConclusionChapter 16. What can social science practitioners learn from philosophies of science?Index
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