This collection of papers investigates the most recent debates
about individualism and holism in the philosophy of social science.
The debates revolve mainly around two issues: firstly, whether
social phenomena exist "sui generis" and how they relate to
individuals. This is the focus of discussions between ontological
individualists and ontological holists. Secondly, to what extent
social scientific explanations may and should, focus on individuals
and social phenomena respectively. This issue is debated amongst
methodological holists and methodological individualists.
In social science and philosophy, both issues have been
intensively discussed and new versions of the dispute have appeared
just as new arguments have been advanced. At present, the
individualism/holism debate is extremely lively and this book
reflects the major positions and perspectives within the debate.
This volume is also relevant to debates about two closely related
issues in social science: the micro-macro debate and the
agency-structure debate.
This book presents contributions from key figures in both social
science and philosophy, in the first such collection on this topic
to be published since the 1970s.
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