Philosophy of social science : a new introduction /
"This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods. It is designed both for students with central interests in philosophy and those planning to concentrate on the social sciences, and it presupposes no partic...
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Nancy Cartwright and Eleonora Montuschi
- Part I. Current debates. Well-being / Anna Alexandrova ; Climate change / Wendy Parker ; Evidence-based policy / Eileen Munro ; Community-based collaborative archaeology / Alison Wylie
- Part II. Ontological issues. Social ontology / Deborah Tollefsen ; Individuals or populations? / Helen Longino
- Part III. Questions about objectivity. Scientific objectivity / Eleonora Montuschi ; Feminist standpoint theory / Sharon Crasnow ; Values in social science / Heather Douglas
- Part IV. Using formal models. Choice models / Katie Steele ; Norms, conventions, and the power of expectations / Cristina Bicchieri
- Part V. Methodological perspectives. Interdisciplinarity in action / Sophia Efstathiou and Zara Mirmalek ; Social epistemology in practice / Miriam Solomon
- Part VI. Research methods. Measurement / Nancy Cartwright and Rosa Runhardt ; Case studies / Mary S. Morgan ; Causal inference / Nancy Cartwright.