The Philosophy of Social Explanation

Oxford Readings in Philosophy

by Alan Ryan (Editor)

Table of contents:
The Idea of a Social Science, Alasdair Macintyre
Reason and Ritual, Martin Hollis
Bringing Men Back In, George C. Homans
Function and Cause, R.P. Dore
Ideal Types and Historical Explanation, J.W.N. Watkins
Societal Facts, Maurice Mandelbaum
Methodological Individualism Reconsidered, Steven Lukes
Assumptions in Economic Theory, Ernest Nagel
Neutrality in Political Science, Charles Taylor
Is a Science of Comparative Politics Possible? Alasdair MacIntyre
What is Structuralism?, W.G. Runciman
Problems of Interpretive Sociology, Alfred Schutz

Genres: Philosophy

234 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Alan James Ryan.