the first comprehensive anthology in the philosophy of social science to appear since the late 1960s

This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods.

This 1996 book argues that behind the diverse methods of the natural sciences lies a common core of scientific rationality.

An introduction to the philosophical foundations of the human sciences.

Offering a host of concrete illustrations and examples of critical ideas and issues, this accessible book will be of interest to students of the philosophy of social science, and social scientists from a range of disciplines.

Whether the interpretations made by social scientists of the thoughts, utterances and actions of other people, including those from an alien culture or a different period in history, are objectively correct, whether the forms of explanation ...

The essays cover three broad areas related to Darwinian thought and naturalism: the first deals with the solution of philosophical problems such as reductionism, the second with the development of social theories, and the third with the ...

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.

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