Contemporary Philosophy and Social Science: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781474248754)

How should we theorize about the social world? How can we integrate theories, models and approaches from seemingly incompatible disciplines? Does theory affect social reality?

This state-of-the-art collection addresses contemporary methodological questions and interdisciplinary developments in the philosophy of social science. Facilitating a mutually enriching dialogue, chapters by leading social scientists are followed by critical evaluations from philosophers of social science. This exchange showcases recent major theoretical and methodological breakthroughs and challenges in the social sciences, as well as fruitful ways in which the analytic tools developed in philosophy of science can be applied to understand these advancements.

The volume covers a diverse range of principles, methods, innovations and applications, including scientific and methodological pluralism, performativity of theories, causal inferences and applications of social science to policy and business. Taking a practice-orientated and interactive approach, it offers a new philosophy of social science grounded in and relevant to the emerging social science practice.

Author: Michiru Nagatsu
ISBN-10: 1474248756
ISBN-13: 9781474248754
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2019
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d