Philosophy of Social Science
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An introduction to the philosophical foundations of the human sciences
Preface to the Third Edition xiWhat is the Philosophy of Social Science? 1Philosophical Problems of Social Science 3Progress and Prediction 8A Brief History of the Philosophy of Science 10Lawlessness in Social Science 14Rejecting Prediction for Intelligibility 19Taking Sides in the Philosophy of Social Science 24Naturalism Versus Interpretation 26Introduction to the Literature 28The Explanation of Human Action 31Making Folk Psychology Explicit 32Reasons and Causes 36The Holism of the Mental 40The Logical Connection Argument 47Intentionality 52Intensionality and Extensionality 57Introduction to the Literature 61From Behaviorism to Rational Choice, and Back 65Causation and Purpose 67The Experimental Analysis of Behavior 72The Ghost in Behaviorism's Machine 76Folk Psychology Formalized: The Theory of Rational Choice 80The Economist as Behaviorist 85Instrumentalism in Economics 90The Eclipse of Behaviorism in Psychology and Economics 95Introduction to the Literature 97Interpretation 101The Hermeneutics of Human Action 102Can We Reconcile Rules and Causes? 107The Social Construction of Society 111The Philosophy of History 115Freud and the Analysis of Deep Meanings 117Marxism and Meaning 121Critical Theory 127Epistemological Impasse? 131Introduction to the Literature 136Functionalism and Macrosocial Science 141Holism and Human Action 144The Autonomy of Sociology 147Holism and Reductionism in Psychology and Sociology 151Functional Analysis and Functional Explanation 158The Trouble with Functionalism 162Introduction to the Literature 169Biology, Human Behavior, and Social Science 171The Prisoner's Dilemma to the Rescue? 173Farewell to the Standard Social Science Model? 181Blunting the Threat of Genetic Determinism 190Natural Selection and Mother Nurture? 193Causation, Statistics, Laws, and the Relevance of Biology 202Introduction to the Literature 209Shall We Commit a Social Science? 211Moral Problems of Controlled Research 212Mill: Naturalism and Utilitarianism 216Kant: Interpretation and Deontology 220Facts and Values 225Feminist Philosophy of (Social) Science 230Dangerous Questions, Moral Obligations, and Predictive Knowledge 236Introduction to the Literature 239Social Science and the Enduring Questions of Philosophy 241The Unavoidability of Epistemology 243Science and Metaphysics 245Reductionism and Instrumentalism 249Philosophy and the Moral Sciences 250Conclusion 251Bibliography 253Index 261
