Philosophy of Social Science

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Philosophy of Social Science is written by Mark Risjord and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1136627529 (ISBN 10) and 9781136627521 (ISBN 13).

The Philosophy of Social Science: A Contemporary Introduction examines the perennial questions of philosophy by engaging with the empirical study of society. The book offers a comprehensive overview of debates in the field, with special attention to questions arising from new research programs in the social sciences. The text uses detailed examples of social scientific research to motivate and illustrate the philosophical discussion. Topics include the relationship of social policy to social science, interpretive research, action explanation, game theory, social scientific accounts of norms, joint intentionality, reductionism, causal modeling, case study research, and experimentation.