Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences

Mark J Smith is a Lecturer in Social Sciences at the Open University.

• VOLUME ONECANONS AND CUSTODIANS (SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN THE 20TH CENTURY)SECTION ONELANGUAGE, EXPLANATION AND REALITY The Elimination of Metaphysics and The a priori - A J AyerHow a priori Knowledge Is Possible - B RussellVerification - I BerlinThe Function of General Laws in History - C G HempleEmpirical Propositions and Hypothetical Statements - I BerlinLogical Translation - I BerlinSECTION TWOPOPPERIAN INTERVENTIONS AND THE PROBLEMS OF POSITIVISMFundamental Problems and A Theory of Method - K PopperScience, Conjectures and Refutations - K PopperConjectural Knowledge - K PopperMy Solution of the Problem of InductionTwo Dogmas of Empiricism - W O QuinePositivism and Its Critics - A GiddensSECTION THREECONCEPT FORMATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCESProblems of Concept and Theory Formation in the Social Sciences - E NagelTypological Methods in the Social Sciences - C G HempelConcept and Theory Formation in the Social Sciences - A SchutzVOLUME TWOUNDERSTANDING SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC PRACTICESECTION ONEACKNOWLEDGING IMAGINATION AND COMPLEXITY IN THE SOCIAL WORLDIdeal Types and Objectivity in Social Science and Social Policy - M WeberCommon-Sense and Scientific Interpretation of Human Action - A SchutzScientism - F A HayekAre the Social Sciences Really Inferior? - F MachlupSECTION TWOINTERPRETATION AND MEANING IN SOCIAL SCIENCEUNDERSTANDING PEOPLEInterpretation and the Sciences of Man - C TaylorRoutine and Everyday Activities and Common-Sense Knowledge of Social Structures - H GarfinkelNaturalisms and Anti-Naturalisms - W OuthwaiteScience and Solidarity - R RortyEmpiricism, Idealism and Realism - M J SmithAn Essay in Social PsychologyVOLUME THREE(NATURAL AND SOCIAL) SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS A SOCIAL PRODUCTSECTION ONEPARADIGMS ETCWHAT SCIENTISTS DO ...Normal Science and The Nature and Necessity of Scientific Revolutions - T KuhnKuhn′s Second Thoughts - A MusgravePutting Philosophy to Work - M Mulkay and G N GilbertThe TEA Set - H CollinsTacit Knowledge and Scientific NetworksScience as Gift-Giving - W O HagstromThe Cycle of Credibility - B Latour and S WoolgarThe Strong Programme in the Sociology of Knowledge - D BloorNaturalism, Epistemological Individualism and The Strong Programme - P T Manicas and A RosenbergMode 1 and Mode 2 Knowledge production - M GibbonsSECTION TWO... AND WHAT SCIENTISTS SHOULD DO!Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes - I LakatosNormal Science and Its Dangers - K PopperOn the Critique of Scientific Reason - P FeyerabendFor Method - L LaudanAnswering the Relativist Critique of Methodology of Kuhn and FeyerabendSECTION THREEPARADIGMS AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES IN SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC PRACTICEKuhn versus Lakatos, or Paradigms versus Research Programmes in the History of Economics - M BlaugThe Lakatosian Legacy in Economic Methodology - R E BackhouseObjectivity, Neutrality and Paradigms in Political Science - M LandauVOLUME FOURREINVENTING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES (TOWARDS A POSTDISCIPLINARY FUTURE)SECTION ONENEW DEBATES AND SITUATED KNOWLEDGESThe Debate between Relativists and Absolutists - R Harre and M KrauszA ReappraisalStructuralism, Post-Structuralism and the Production of Culture - A GiddensSocieties - R BhaskarProblems of Explanation and the Aims of Social Science - A SayerFrom the Woman Question in Science to the Science Question in Feminism - S HardingFeminisms and Models of Qualitative Research - V OlesenIs Science Multicultural? Challenges, Resources, Opportunities, Uncertainties - S HardingSECTION TWOAPPLICATIONSThe Rhetoric of Economics - D N McCloskeyIs There a Postmodern Sociology? - Z BaumanTwo Philosophies of the Rhetoric of Economics - U MakiA Realist Perspective on Contemporary Economic Theory - T LawsonGeohistorical Explanation and Problems of Narrative - A SayerProspects for a Post-Disciplinary Social Science - M J Smith