Varieties of social explanation: an introduction to the philosophy of social science
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Boulder, Colo.
Westview Press
1991
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 258 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0813305659 0813305667 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV006084643 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20130917 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 921030s1991 d||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 0813305659 |9 0-8133-0565-9 | ||
| 020 | |a 0813305667 |9 0-8133-0566-7 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)22113681 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV006084643 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakddb | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-703 |a DE-19 |a DE-473 |a DE-11 |a DE-188 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a H61 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 300/.1 |2 20 | |
| 084 | |a MR 1050 |0 (DE-625)123484: |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Little, Daniel |d 1949- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)13217961X |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Varieties of social explanation |b an introduction to the philosophy of social science |c Daniel Little |
| 264 | 1 | |a Boulder, Colo. |b Westview Press |c 1991 | |
| 300 | |a XIII, 258 S. |b graph. Darst. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Sciences sociales - Méthodologie | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Sciences sociales - Philosophie | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Wetenschapsfilosofie |2 gtt | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Philosophie | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Sozialwissenschaften | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Wissenschaftstheorie | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Social sciences |x Methodology | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Social sciences |x Philosophy | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Methode |0 (DE-588)4038971-6 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Philosophie |0 (DE-588)4045791-6 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Sozialwissenschaften |0 (DE-588)4055916-6 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 655 | 7 | |8 1\p |0 (DE-588)4151278-9 |a Einführung |2 gnd-content | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Sozialwissenschaften |0 (DE-588)4055916-6 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Philosophie |0 (DE-588)4045791-6 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 689 | 1 | 0 | |a Sozialwissenschaften |0 (DE-588)4055916-6 |D s |
| 689 | 1 | 1 | |a Methode |0 (DE-588)4038971-6 |D s |
| 689 | 1 | |8 2\p |5 DE-604 | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bamberg |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=003841629&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-003841629 | ||
| 883 | 1 | |8 1\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
| 883 | 1 | |8 2\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1804120307403849728 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | CONTENTS
Lisí
of Examples
ix
List of Figures
xi
Acknowledgments
xiü
1
INTRODUCTION
1
Plan of the Book,
2
Scientific Explanation,
3
Notes,
9
Suggestions for Further Reading,
9
PART I
MODELS OF EXPLANATION
2
CAUSAL ANALYSIS
13
The Meaning of Causal Claims,
13
Mechanisms and Causal Laws,
15
The Inductive-Regularity Criterion,
19
Necessary and
Sufñcient
Conditions,
25
Forms of Causal Reasoning,
29
Conclusion,
37
Notes,
38
Suggestions for Further Reading,
38
3
RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY
39
Aggregative Explanation,
40
Decision Theory,
45
Game Theory and the Prisoners Dilemma,
51
Collective Action Theory,
59
Criticisms of Narrow Economic Rationality,
62
Conclusion,
65
Notes,
66
Suggestions for Further Reading,
66
vj
Contents
4 INTERPRETATION
THEORY
68
Interpretation
and Agency,
69
Social Action,
74
Models of Social Action,
77
Social Variability and the Primacy
oř
Culture,
80
Conclusion,
85
Notes,
87
Suggestions for Further Reading,
87
PART II
VARIATIONS AND ELABORATIONS
5
FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL EXPLANATION
91
Functionalism,
91
Structuralism,
102
Conclusion,
112
Notes,
112
Suggestions for Further Reading,
112
6
MATERIALISM
И4
The Guiding Thread,
115
Technology and Culture,
117
Class and Property Relations,
121
Ideology and Class,
124
Materialism and Rational Choice Theory,
127
Marxism and Large-scale Predictions,
132
Notes,
134
Suggestions for Further Reading,
135
7
ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY
136
The Formalist Framework,
138
The
Substantivist
Paradigm,
143
Criticisms of the Rational Choice Approach,
146
Conclusion,
155
Notes,
158
Suggestions for Further Reading,
158
8
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
159
Quantitative Reasoning in Social Analysis,
161
Correlation and Regression,
166
Philosophical Grounds of Statistical Explanation,
173
Statistical Analysis and Comparative Studies,
175
Are There Autonomous Statistical Explanations?
177
Contents
vii
Notes, 179
Suggestions
for Further Reading,
179
PART III
CURRENT CONTROVERSIES
9
METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM
183
Individuals and Social Regularities,
183
Reductionism and Supervenience,
190
The Microfoundations Debate,
195
Conclusion,
199
Notes,
201
Suggestions for Further Reading,
201
10
RELATIVISM
202
Conceptual Relativism,
203
Rationality and Relativism,
210
Normative Relativism,
214
Universais,
218
Notes,
221
Suggestions for Further Reading,
221
11
TOWARD METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM
222
Naturalism,
222
Antinaturalism,
232
Methodological Pluralism,
237
Notes,
238
Suggestions for Further Reading,
238
Bibliography
239
About the Book and Author
251
Index
253
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | Little, Daniel 1949- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)13217961X |
| author_facet | Little, Daniel 1949- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Little, Daniel 1949- |
| author_variant | d l dl |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV006084643 |
| callnumber-first | H - Social Science |
| callnumber-label | H61 |
| callnumber-raw | H61 |
| callnumber-search | H61 |
| callnumber-sort | H 261 |
| callnumber-subject | H - Social Science |
| classification_rvk | MR 1050 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)22113681 (DE-599)BVBBV006084643 |
| dewey-full | 300/.1 |
| dewey-hundreds | 300 - Social sciences |
| dewey-ones | 300 - Social sciences |
| dewey-raw | 300/.1 |
| dewey-search | 300/.1 |
| dewey-sort | 3300 11 |
| dewey-tens | 300 - Social sciences |
| discipline | Soziologie |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>02229nam a2200553 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV006084643</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20130917 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">921030s1991 d||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0813305659</subfield><subfield code="9">0-8133-0565-9</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0813305667</subfield><subfield code="9">0-8133-0566-7</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)22113681</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV006084643</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakddb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-703</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-19</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-473</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-11</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-188</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">H61</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">300/.1</subfield><subfield code="2">20</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">MR 1050</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)123484:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Little, Daniel</subfield><subfield code="d">1949-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)13217961X</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Varieties of social explanation</subfield><subfield code="b">an introduction to the philosophy of social science</subfield><subfield code="c">Daniel Little</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Boulder, Colo.</subfield><subfield code="b">Westview Press</subfield><subfield code="c">1991</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">XIII, 258 S.</subfield><subfield code="b">graph. Darst.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Sciences sociales - Méthodologie</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Sciences sociales - Philosophie</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Wetenschapsfilosofie</subfield><subfield code="2">gtt</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Philosophie</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Sozialwissenschaften</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Wissenschaftstheorie</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Social sciences</subfield><subfield code="x">Methodology</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Social sciences</subfield><subfield code="x">Philosophy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Methode</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4038971-6</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Philosophie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4045791-6</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Sozialwissenschaften</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4055916-6</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="8">1\p</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4151278-9</subfield><subfield code="a">Einführung</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd-content</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Sozialwissenschaften</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4055916-6</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Philosophie</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4045791-6</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Sozialwissenschaften</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4055916-6</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Methode</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4038971-6</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">2\p</subfield><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bamberg</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=003841629&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-003841629</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">1\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">2\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| genre | 1\p (DE-588)4151278-9 Einführung gnd-content |
| genre_facet | Einführung |
| id | DE-604.BV006084643 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T16:40:00Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 0813305659 0813305667 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-003841629 |
| oclc_num | 22113681 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-703 DE-19 DE-BY-UBM DE-473 DE-BY-UBG DE-11 DE-188 |
| owner_facet | DE-703 DE-19 DE-BY-UBM DE-473 DE-BY-UBG DE-11 DE-188 |
| physical | XIII, 258 S. graph. Darst. |
| publishDate | 1991 |
| publishDateSearch | 1991 |
| publishDateSort | 1991 |
| publisher | Westview Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Little, Daniel 1949- Verfasser (DE-588)13217961X aut Varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science Daniel Little Boulder, Colo. Westview Press 1991 XIII, 258 S. graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Sciences sociales - Méthodologie Sciences sociales - Philosophie Wetenschapsfilosofie gtt Philosophie Sozialwissenschaften Wissenschaftstheorie Social sciences Methodology Social sciences Philosophy Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd rswk-swf Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd rswk-swf Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6 gnd rswk-swf 1\p (DE-588)4151278-9 Einführung gnd-content Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6 s Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 s DE-604 Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 s 2\p DE-604 Digitalisierung UB Bamberg application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=003841629&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Little, Daniel 1949- Varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science Sciences sociales - Méthodologie Sciences sociales - Philosophie Wetenschapsfilosofie gtt Philosophie Sozialwissenschaften Wissenschaftstheorie Social sciences Methodology Social sciences Philosophy Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4038971-6 (DE-588)4045791-6 (DE-588)4055916-6 (DE-588)4151278-9 |
| title | Varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science |
| title_auth | Varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science |
| title_exact_search | Varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science |
| title_full | Varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science Daniel Little |
| title_fullStr | Varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science Daniel Little |
| title_full_unstemmed | Varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science Daniel Little |
| title_short | Varieties of social explanation |
| title_sort | varieties of social explanation an introduction to the philosophy of social science |
| title_sub | an introduction to the philosophy of social science |
| topic | Sciences sociales - Méthodologie Sciences sociales - Philosophie Wetenschapsfilosofie gtt Philosophie Sozialwissenschaften Wissenschaftstheorie Social sciences Methodology Social sciences Philosophy Methode (DE-588)4038971-6 gnd Philosophie (DE-588)4045791-6 gnd Sozialwissenschaften (DE-588)4055916-6 gnd |
| topic_facet | Sciences sociales - Méthodologie Sciences sociales - Philosophie Wetenschapsfilosofie Philosophie Sozialwissenschaften Wissenschaftstheorie Social sciences Methodology Social sciences Philosophy Methode Einführung |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=003841629&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT littledaniel varietiesofsocialexplanationanintroductiontothephilosophyofsocialscience |