ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Historical and Philosophical Context

part |2 pages

Part II Concepts

chapter 9|12 pages

Explanation

chapter 10|11 pages

Reductionism

chapter 11|11 pages

Emergence

chapter 12|12 pages

Methodological Individualism

chapter 13|12 pages

Functionalism

chapter 14|10 pages

Naturalism

chapter 16|9 pages

Situational Analysis

chapter 17|11 pages

Bias in Social Science Experiments

chapter 18|12 pages

Causal Inference and Modeling

chapter 19|14 pages

Collective Intentionality

chapter 20|12 pages

Microfoundations

chapter 21|14 pages

Social Ontology

chapter 22|16 pages

Realism and Antirealism

chapter 23|11 pages

Critical Realism

chapter 24|12 pages

Objectivity

part |2 pages

Part III Debates

chapter 25|15 pages

Are There Social Scientific Laws?

chapter 26|11 pages

Behavioral Economics

chapter 28|10 pages

Evolutionary Psychology

chapter 29|11 pages

Cognitive Science

chapter 31|11 pages

Feminism in Social Research

chapter 32|10 pages

Race in Social Research

part |2 pages

Part IV Individual Sciences

chapter 33|12 pages

Philosophy of Economics

chapter 34|11 pages

Philosophy of History

chapter 35|13 pages

Philosophy of Psychology