Guala, Francesco The Philosophy of Social Science Reader (0415779693)

<P><EM>The Philosophy of Social Science Reader</EM> is an outstanding, comprehensive and up-to-date collection of key readings in the philosophy of social science, covering the essential issues, problems and debates in this important interdisciplinary area.</P><P>Each section is carefully introduced by the editors, and the readings placed in context. The anthology is organized into seven clear parts:</P><UL><UL><P></P></UL><LI>Values and Social Science</LI><LI>Causal Inference and Explanation</LI><LI>Interpretation</LI><LI>Rationality and Choice</LI><LI>Individualism</LI><LI>Norms</LI><LI>Cultural Evolution.</LI><UL><P></P></UL></UL><P>Featuring the work of influential philosophers and social scientists such as Ernest Nagel, Ian Hacking, John Searle, Clifford Geertz, Daniel Kahneman, Steven Lukes and Richard Dawkins, <EM>The Philosophy of Social Science Reader</EM> is the ideal text for philosophy of social science courses, and for students in related disciplines interested in the differences between the social and natural sciences.</P>