Ebook: Philosophy of Social Science: a New Introduction

Cover -- Philosophy of Social Science -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Current Debates -- 1. Well-Being -- 2. Climate Change -- 3. Evidence-Based Policy -- 4. Community-Based Collaborative Archaeology -- Part II Ontological Issues -- 5. Social Ontology -- 6. Individuals or Populations? -- Part III Questions about Objectivity -- 7. Scientific Objectivity -- 8. Feminist Standpoint Theory -- 9. Values in Social Science -- Part IV Using Formal Models -- 10. Choice Models -- 11. Norms, Conventions, and the Power of Expectations.;This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas, and methods. It is designed both for students with central interests in philosophy and those planning to concentrate on the social sciences, and it presupposes no particular background in either domain. From the wide range of topics at the forefront of debate in philosophy of social science, the editors have chosen those which arerepresentative of the most important and interesting contemporary work. A team of distinguished experts explore key aspects of the field such a.