Rethinking the Individualism-Holism Debate - Essays in the Philosophy of Social Science (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Synthese Library, 372
Release date:	September 2016
First published:	2014
Editors:	Julie Zahle • Finn Collin
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	255
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-34676-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Optimization > Game theory Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	3-319-34676-8
Barcode:	9783319346762

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