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	Philosophy of social science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Philosophy of social science is the scholarly elucidation and debate of accounts of the nature of the social sciences, their relations to each other, and their relations to the natural sciences (see natural science).
		In broad terms, the social sciences are those that aim for a rational and systematic understanding of human society.
		A competing account of the subject matter of the social sciences is found in Max Weber's Economy and Society in which he proposed that social action in a technical sense he defined was the fundamental building block of social phenomena or, as Durkheim would say, social facts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philosophy_of_social_sciences (425 words)

	Reading List for Philosophy of Social Science
		Pratt, Ch.15, The Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Methuen, 1978.
		Pratt, Ch.14, The Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Methuen, 1978.
		Pratt, Ch.8, The Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Methuen, 1978.
	www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk /reading_lists/fhs/106_Philosophy_of_Science_and_Social_Science.shtml (1995 words)

	MN Philosophy Graduate Courses
		Philosophy of social science is offered as both a 5-level course (Phil 5611) for graduate students in the social sciences or philosophy and a 4-level course (Phil 4611), for undergraduate students in the social sciences or philosophy.
		The course questions a number of assumptions that underlie research and teaching in sociology, political sciences, economics, psychology or anthropology, including the assumption that a social science should describe or explain the facts but be silent on questions of value.
		Reductionism continues to be one of the central issues in philosophy of science and has been especially important in philosophical discussion of the life sciences in particular.
	www.philosophy.umn.edu /courses/gradcourses.html (1359 words)

	Social sciences, philosophy of : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online
		Compared with other areas of philosophy, the history of the philosophy of the social sciences is somewhat truncated, since it can only begin properly with the earliest attempts at social science, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, first in the Scottish Enlightenment and subsequently in Germany.
		A second way in which to gain an understanding of the philosophy of social science is through the study of the issues and problems that these writers, and their contemporary counterparts, address (see Social science, methodology of).
		The relationship between social science and the values of the social scientist seems far more immediate and direct than this, and this alleged contrast has been the subject for continuing discussion and debate (see Value judgments in social science).
	www.rep.routledge.com /article/R047 (1577 words)

	Bristol University - Department of Philosophy - Philosophy of Social Science
		The philosophy of social science is a curious hybrid combining elements from the philosophies of mind and action, from metaphysics, from the philosophy of science, political philosophy and ethics (among others).
		On one view, social science involves a search for invariant laws, on the other, social scientists are involved in an interpretive exercise not unlike that engaged in by the translator of a text.
		On one view of social science, social phenomena should be wholly explicable by reference to the intentions and actions of the individuals who live in society.
	www.bris.ac.uk /philosophy/current/undergrad/studyguide/socialscience.html (1077 words)

	Continental Philosophy of Social Science - Cambridge University Press
		Philosophy of social science as we have said is defined in its mainstream rubric to marginalize many of the main concerns of the continental tradition.
		Mainly it is concerned with the relationship between the natural and the social sciences and the sorts of complexities that arise from studying society as a possible object of scientific enquiry.
		Philosophy of social science, therefore, embraces many of the concerns of the natural sciences, for instance, issues of experimentation, causality, prediction, explanation, how particularities can be subsumed under general laws.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521854695&ss=exc (3542 words)

	Philosophy of Social Sciences -- Comprehensive Course Guide
		A perennial debate in the philosophy of social science is whether the social sciences should strive to emulate natural science methods, or whether understanding social phenomena is something essentially different from explanation in the natural sciences.
		“A Response to Jones’s Critique of Interpretive Social Science”, Philosophy of the Social Sciences (1999) 29: 306-9.
		Some have argued that the social sciences cannot explain events by causes because they cannot capture all the complex contributing factors, because there is no material constitution to social facts (like marriage or money), or because human reason is necessarily involved.
	www.pitt.edu /~hpsdept/courses/course_guides/soc-sci.html (1810 words)

	Professor Michael Root (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		My principal interests are epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of social sciences.
		When I discuss the role of testimony in the spread or growth of science, I look at how testimony is important to science.
		Philosophy of Social Science: The Methods, Ideals and Politics of Social Inquiry, Blackwell, 1993 (269 pages + preface and analytical table of contents).
	www.philosophy.umn.edu /people/faculty/root.html (243 words)

	University of Jyväskylä - Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		However, it was only in 2000 when social work attained the position of an independent disciple within the university and its Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy.
		In Finland, professional qualification for social work can be achieved by completing the degree of Master of Social Sciences (having social work as the major subject).
		The main areas of expertise in social work research and teaching at the University of Jyväskylä are eco-social social work, evaluation research, gender aspects in social work, childhood and family studies and care research.
	www.jyu.fi /yhtfil/sto/socialwork (279 words)

	philosophy of social sciences - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Philosophy of social science is the scholarly elucidation and debate of accounts of the nature of the social sciences...
		areas of philosophy, one might approach the philosophy of the social sciences historically, by studying...
		Social sciences, philosophy of : the study of the logic and methods of the social sciences.
	www.okkio.com /search/philosophy-of-social-sciences (341 words)

	Wits University, School of Social Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The word “Philosophy” derives from the Ancient Greek words philo sophia, which may be translated as “love of wisdom.” As this suggests, Philosophy is an activity which aims at an understanding of ourselves, our relationships with one another, and our place in the world.
		One benefit of studying Philosophy is that it introduces students to important and intriguing issues that are not dealt with at high schools or in other subjects—issues concerning the foundations of their thinking and living.
		For most students, however, the main benefit of studying Philosophy is that it develops their powers of reasoning by forcing them to exercise those powers on especially difficult problems.
	ssocial.wits.ac.za /philosophy.htm (371 words)

	INTERSCIENTIA: PHILOSOPHY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
		Social science is in need of theories of various ranges: "grand" or maximum range theories, middle range, and narrow range theories--or philosophical, general, and specific theories respectively.
		The frontiers among the social sciences are artificial and shifting.
		These propositions and their denials are philosophico-scientific because (a) they belong in the philosophy (or metatheory) of social science and (b) they are supposed to be observed (or violated) by social scientists.
	www.uottawa.ca /publications/interscientia/inter.1/filobung.html (1319 words)

	Rootenberg Rare Books/Philosophy & Social Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He was influenced by Bacon, Boyle, Newton and Locke, and was a principle factor in the development of philosophy between the period of Descartes and Locke and that of Hume and Kant.
		Considered a landmark in the philosophy of science, this work contains practically all of the author's fundamental ideas on logical doctrine, including his investigation of the principles of pure logic, his analysis of induction, and his discussion of the theory of probability and the relation between probability and induction.
		Kirby was one of a number of scientists who subscribed to the idea that "science is the witness of a divine plan for the universe," and argued that "God's provision for the laws of nature is immutable and that science proves their divine origin by demonstrating the self sufficiency and invariability of their operation."
	www.rootenbergbooks.com /Rootenberg_Books_Philosophy.html (1358 words)

	University of Helsinki
		Rather, the division corresponds to the idea that practical philosophy centers on human activity and the foundations of the social sciences, and therefore pursues the moral question of how, individually and socially, we should live, as well as questions concerning the nature of individual action and social institutions.
		This subfield is directly connected with the social sciences, which address the empirical side of the concepts whose structure and logic is addressed by the philosophy of action.
		The nature of group action and socially shared intentions, particularly the kind essential for cooperation, is a related concern of the philosophy of social science.
	www.helsinki.fi /filosofia/esocial.htm (976 words)

	Amazon.fr : On the Logic of the Social Sciences: Livres en anglais: Jurgen Habermas,Shierry W. Nicholsen,Jerry A. Stark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He considers the main lines of thought pursued by epistemologists and methodologists of the social sciences, from neo-Kantianism to behaviorism, and from problems of measurement to those of interpretive logic, in a sustained and provocative argument that involves analysis and critique at every point and ends with his own sharply profiled position.
		In the concluding sections, he draws on psychoanalysis and classical social theory to sketch the outlines of his view of sociology as a critical theory of the present.
		Jürgen Habermas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt.
	www.amazon.fr /Logic-Social-Sciences-Jurgen-Habermas/dp/0262581043 (462 words)

	Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable
		The Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable was established in 1998 to serve as a forum for communication among philosophers and social scientists who share an interest in philosophy of the social sciences.
		Philosophy of the Social Sciences (see below for contents), and an email list, participants engage in discussion of epistemology, explanatory paradigms, and methodologies of the social sciences.
		Philosophy of the Social Sciences 31.1 (March 2001) and 31.2 (June 2001) (PDF)
	philosophy.ucsc.edu /Roundtable.html (263 words)

	Stevens Institute \| Philosophy Courses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Major issues to be examined include the nature of freedom, justice and equality; the political alternatives of liberalism, socialism, conservation and anarchism; the nature of political authority; social class and alienation; and alternative conceptions of democracy.
		This course investigates the history of the opposition of Science and Religion, beginning with the emergence of philosophy as an alternative to mythology, through the scholastic dominance of the Aristotelian world-view, to the Scientific Revolution, the emergence and acceptance of Evolution and beyond.
		The Seminar in Philosophy is intended to provide students with an in-depth examination of the work of either one specific philosopher, (or pair of philosophers) or a particular work in the history of philosophy that has had a profound impact on the development of intellectual thought.
	www.hum.stevens.edu /Courses/hpl.shtml (919 words)

	Phil. 412: Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There is no denying that the group of disciplines now commonly referred to as the social sciences (to include psychology) has become an established part of our intellectual life and a power to be reckoned with both in discussions of the nature of our human existence and in the setting of social goals and policies.
		It can be and has been denied, however, that the social sciences constitute a generally positive and a proper force in these contexts.
		The course is intended to provide some appreciation of what science is as it is modeled from the historical development of the physical sciences and to explore the questions that arise when that physical science model is taken as a guide for the investigation of human nature.
	www.umt.edu /phil/faculty/Townsend/412T.html (617 words)

	Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of the Social Sciences - Book Information
		It provides an historical as well as a thematic framework for appraising the debates that have shaped philosophy of social science since the nineteenth century, rooting it firmly both in philosophical traditions of thought about science and the social, and in the empirical and theoretical problems of abiding concern to social scientists.
		Paul A. Roth is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
		He co-founded and co-organizes the annual St. Louis Roundtable in the Philosophy of Social Science and is a member of the editorial board of Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
	www.blackwellpublishing.com /book.asp?ref=0631215387 (276 words)

	Philosophy - Home
		Philosophy is a Discipline Area within the School of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Humanities.
		Our research and teaching areas lie mostly within the tradition of analytic philosophy, with special emphasis on five key areas: metaphysics; aesthetics and ethics; epistemology; the history of analytical philosophy; and the philosophy of mind.
		We currently act as a regional branch of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.
	www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk /philosophy (330 words)

	Faculty of Humanities - Departments - Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences
		The Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences and the Department of Politology are also concerned with the teaching of the so-called joint basic for educational study programmes of the Faculty of Education and the further noneducational study programmes provided by the Faculty of Education.
		The Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences is focused on the extensive philosophical base, ethics, logic and other social sciences.
		The interests range from the history of philosophy to the contemporary philosophy, and include topics as methodology of social sciences, social philosophy and political philosophy, ontology, philosophy of education.
	www.uhk.cz /eng/fhs/602 (254 words)

	SAGE Publications - Philosophy of the Social Sciences
		Philosophy of the Social Sciences focuses on the central issues of the social sciences, including general methodology (explaining, theorizing, testing), the application of philosophy (especially individualism versus holism), the nature of rationality and the history of theories and concepts.
		Philosophy of the Social Sciences' open editorial policy ensures that you'll enjoy rigorous scholarship on topics viewed from many different - and often conflicting - schools of thought.
		No school, party or style of philosophy of the social sciences is favored.
	www.sagepub.com /journal.aspx?pid=164 (231 words)

	ACT \| Departments \| Philosophy and Social Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Philosophy courses deal with abstract and conceptual issues in the areas of theoretical philosophy (epistemology, metaphysics, etc.) and practical philosophy (ethics, social and political philosophy, etc.).
		The courses offered supply students with the abilities to comprehend an increasingly interconnected and complex social world, focusing on issues such as the relationship between the individual and society, the emergence of ethnic and national conflict, the relationship between economies and societies, the social construction of identities.
		The Philosophy and Social Sciences Department offers two minors, one in Philosophy and another in the Social Sciences, and serves as coordinating department for the Minor in Greek Studies.
	www.anatolia.edu.gr /act/academics/departments/philsoc (236 words)

	Phil 328 Philosophy of the Social Sciences
		The social sciences include political science, economics, sociology, cultural anthropology, and perhaps parts of psychology.
		Typically, philosophers take one of two views about the social sciences: “naturalists” hold that the social sciences should use and strive to advance by means of the same methods of explanation as the natural sciences.
		“Interpretivists,” on the other hand, hold that the reason the social sciences are less developed is that their object, human affairs, simply cannot be explained on the same model of explanation used by the natural sciences.
	faculty.cua.edu /lewisb/328Syllabus04.htm (407 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Philosophy of Social Science: An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy S.): Books: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		By exploring such questions, the reader is led to reflect upon the nature of scientific method in social science.
		Beginning with a brief introduction in to the historical origins of the social sciences, he overviews behaviouralism and explains how it fits in with the current research.
		Philosophy of Social Science: The Philosophical Foundations of Social Thought (Traditions in Social Theory S.) by Ted Benton
	www.amazon.co.uk /Philosophy-Social-Science-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0521447801 (517 words)

	Amazon.com: Philosophy of Social Science (Dimensions of Philosophy Series): Books: Alexander Rosenberg,Westview Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science by Rudolf Carnap
		While Rosenberg's survey of the social sciences is certainly not exhaustive, he covers many core family disciplines of the social sciences, such as economics and sociology, and their philosophical foundations.
		The way he uses the problems of philosophy, especially metaphysics and ethics, to compare and contrast the natural sciences and social sciences is powerfully insightful.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0813326605?v=glance (1092 words)

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