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Philosophy of Sociology
In Fritz Allhoff (ed.), Philosophies of the Sciences. Malden, MA: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 293–323 (2010)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: What Is the Philosophy of the Social Sciences? What Are the “Social Sciences”? How Do We Define the Social? What Is a Social Explanation? What Is Social Causation? How Are Social Science Hypotheses and Theories Given Empirical Justification? Positivism, Naturalism, and General Social Laws How Do Social Facts Relate to Facts about Individuals and Facts about Psychology? Conclusion References.
philosophy of sociology philosophy of social sciences ‐ nature and scope of social scientific knowledge and explanation philosophy of social science ‐ in one sense a “meta” discipline philosophy ‐ guiding us as we construct a field of knowledge social sciences today ‐ “works in progress” sociology involving description ‐ rigorous empirical study of social phenomena dimension of “theory” formation theory of free‐riding, theory of charismatic leadership and theory of flat organization social explanations and social causation positivism, naturalism and General Social Laws
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