(Ebook) Philosophy of social science by Rosenberg, Alexander ISBN 9780813345925, 9780813345932, 9780813349909, 9781785395277, 0813345928, 0813345936, 0813349907, 1785395270

(Ebook) Philosophy of social science by Rosenberg, Alexander ISBN 9780813345925, 9780813345932, 9780813349909, 9781785395277, 0813345928, 0813345936, 0813349907, 1785395270

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Philosophy of Social Science provides a solid introduction to the connections between social science and philosophy.;What is the philosophy of social science -- The methodological divide: naturalism v. interpretation -- The explanation of human action -- Intentionality and intensionality -- Behaviorism in the behavioral sciences -- Problems of rational choice theory -- Social psychology and the construction of society -- Philosophical anthropology -- Holism and antireductionism in sociology and psychology -- Functionalism as a research program -- Sociobiology or the standard social science model? -- Theories of cultural evolution -- Research ethics in social inquiry -- Facts and values in the human sciences -- Social science and the enduring questions of philosophy.