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Learn moreThis volume concerns philosophical issues that arise from the practice of anthropology and sociology. The essays cover a wide range of issues, including traditional questions in the philosophy of social science as well as those specific to these disciplines. Authors attend to the historical development of the current debates and set the stage for future work.
- Comprehensive survey of philosophical issues in anthropology and sociology
- Historical discussion of important debates
- Applications to current research in anthropology and sociology
| General Preface | p. v |
| Preface | p. xi |
| List of Contributors | p. xiii |
| Sociology and Quantification | |
| Defining a Discipline: Sociology and its Philosophical Problems, from Its Classics to 1945 | p. 3 |
| Measurement | p. 71 |
| The Intersection of Philosophy and Theory Construction: The Problem of the Origin of Elements in a Theory | p. 121 |
| Causal Models in the Social Sciences | p. 157 |
| Individualism and Holism | |
| Functional Explanation and Evolutionary Social Science | p. 213 |
| Evolutionary Explanations | p. 249 |
| Holism and Supervenience | p. 311 |
| Levels of the Social | p. 343 |
| Rational Choice | p. 373 |
| Anthropology, Culture and Interpretation | |
| Ethnography and Culture | p. 399 |
| Categories and Classification in the Social Sciences | p. 429 |
| Hermeneutic and Phenomenological Approaches | p. 459 |
| The Origins of Ethnomethodology | p. 485 |
| Philosophy of Archaeology; Philosophy in Archaeology | p. 517 |
| Rationality and Normativity | |
| Relativism and Historicism | p. 553 |
| The Problem of Apparently Irrational Beliefs | p. 591 |
| Language and Translation | p. 607 |
| Practice Theory | p. 639 |
| Naturalism without Fears | p. 683 |
| Critical Approaches | |
| We, Heirs of Enlightenment: Critical Theory, Democracy, and Social Science | p. 711 |
| Race in the Social Sciences | p. 735 |
| Feminist Anthropology and Sociology: Issues for Social Science | p. 755 |
| What's 'New' in the Sociology of Knowledge? | p. 791 |
| Index | p. 859 |
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ISBN: 9780444515421
ISBN-10: 0444515429
Series: Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 900
Published: 1st November 2006
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 24.0 x 16.5
x 3.86
Weight (kg): 1.74
