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The Oxford handbook of philosophy of social science / edited by Harold Kincaid.

Contributor(s): Series: Oxford handbooksPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: xviii, 657 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780190845773
Other title:
  • Philosophy of social science
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.1 KIN 23
LOC classification:
  • H61 .O95 2012
Contents:
Introduction: doing philosophy of social science / Harold Kincaid; Micro, macro, and mechanisms / Petri Ylikoski; Mechanisms, causal modeling, and the limitations of traditional multiple regression / Harold Kincaid; Process tracing and causal mechanisms / David Waldner; Descriptive-causal generalizations : "empirical laws" in the social sciences? / Gary Goertz; Useful causal complexity / David Byrne and Emma Uprichard; Partial explanations in social science / Robert Northcott; Counterfactuals / Julian Reiss; Mechanistic social probability : how individual choices and varying circumstances produce stable social patterns / Marshall Abrams The impact of Duhemian principles on social science testing and progress / Fred Chernoff; Philosophy and the practice of Bayesian statistics in the social sciences / Andrew Gelman and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi; Sciences of historical tokens and theoretical types : history and the social sciences / Aviezer Tucker; RCTs, evidence and predicting policy effectiveness / Nancy Cartwright; Bringing context and variability back in to causal analysis / Stephen Morgan and Christopher Winship; The potential value of computational models in social science research / Ken Kollman; Models of culture / Mark Risjord; Norms / David Henderson; The evolutionary programme in social philosophy / Francesco Guala; Cultural evolution : integration and scepticism / Tim Lewens; Coordination and the foundations of social intelligence / Don Ross; Making race out of nothing : psychologically constrained social roles / Ron Mallon & Daniel Kelly Mallon; A feminist empirical and integrative approach in political science : breaking-down the glass wall? / Amy G. Mazur; Social constructions of mental illness / Allan Horwitz; Cooperation and reciprocity : empirical evidence and normative implications / James Woodward; Evaluating social policy / Daniel M. Hausman; Values and the science of well-being : a recipe for mixing / Anna Alexandrova.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: doing philosophy of social science / Harold Kincaid;
Micro, macro, and mechanisms / Petri Ylikoski;
Mechanisms, causal modeling, and the limitations of traditional multiple regression / Harold Kincaid;
Process tracing and causal mechanisms / David Waldner;
Descriptive-causal generalizations : "empirical laws" in the social sciences? / Gary Goertz;
Useful causal complexity / David Byrne and Emma Uprichard;
Partial explanations in social science / Robert Northcott;
Counterfactuals / Julian Reiss;
Mechanistic social probability : how individual choices and varying circumstances produce stable social patterns / Marshall Abrams The impact of Duhemian principles on social science testing and progress / Fred Chernoff;
Philosophy and the practice of Bayesian statistics in the social sciences / Andrew Gelman and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi;
Sciences of historical tokens and theoretical types : history and the social sciences / Aviezer Tucker;
RCTs, evidence and predicting policy effectiveness / Nancy Cartwright;
Bringing context and variability back in to causal analysis / Stephen Morgan and Christopher Winship;
The potential value of computational models in social science research / Ken Kollman;
Models of culture / Mark Risjord;
Norms / David Henderson;
The evolutionary programme in social philosophy / Francesco Guala;
Cultural evolution : integration and scepticism / Tim Lewens;
Coordination and the foundations of social intelligence / Don Ross;
Making race out of nothing : psychologically constrained social roles / Ron Mallon & Daniel Kelly Mallon;
A feminist empirical and integrative approach in political science : breaking-down the glass wall? / Amy G. Mazur;
Social constructions of mental illness / Allan Horwitz;
Cooperation and reciprocity : empirical evidence and normative implications / James Woodward;
Evaluating social policy / Daniel M. Hausman;
Values and the science of well-being : a recipe for mixing / Anna Alexandrova.