9780813343518-0813343518-Philosophy of Social Science

Philosophy of Social Science

ISBN-13: 9780813343518
ISBN-10: 0813343518
Edition: 3
Author: Alexander Rosenberg
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Westview Press
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780813343518
ISBN-10: 0813343518
Edition: 3
Author: Alexander Rosenberg
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: Westview Press
Format: Paperback 288 pages

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Philosophy of Social Science (ISBN-13: 9780813343518 and ISBN-10: 0813343518), written by authors Alexander Rosenberg, was published by Westview Press in 2007. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Philosophy of Social Science (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.49.

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Philosophy of Social Science provides a tightly argued yet accessible introduction to the philosophical foundations of the human sciences, including economics, anthropology, sociology, political science, psychology, history, and the disciplines emerging at the intersections of these subjects with biology. Philosophy is unavoidable for social scientists because the choices they make in answering questions in their disciplines force them to take sides on philosophical matters. Conversely, the philosophy of social science is equally necessary for philosophers since the social and behavior sciences must inform their understanding of human action, norms and social institutions. The third edition retains from previous editions an illuminating interpretation of the enduring relations between the conduct of inquiry in the social sciences and the fundamental problems of philosophy, with accessible considerations of positivism, European philosophy of history, causation, statistical laws, quantitative models, and postempiricist social science. Features new to this edition include: Overview of the eclipse of behaviorism in psychology and the rise of game theory in economics; Consideration of problems for functionalism in social science that must be addressed by an appeal to biology and especially Darwinian thinking; Analysis of the debate between nativists” and exponents of the standard social science model” that emphasizes nurture over nature as the source of significant human traits; Expanded discussion of feminism in the human sciences; These issues reflect developments in social research over the last two decades that have informed and renewed debate in the philosophy of social science
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