Tuesday 30 March 2010

Fay and Moon (1977) What would an adequate philosophy of social science look like?

Brian Fay and J Donald Moon, ‘What would an adequate philosophy of social science look like?’ in Philosophy of Social Science Vol 7, 1977, pp 209-227; reprinted in Michael Martin and Lee C MacIntyre, Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science MIT Press 1994
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Scriven (1956) A Possible Distinction between Traditional Scientific Disciplines and the Study of Human Behaviour

Scriven, Michael, "A Possible Distinction between Traditional Scientific Disciplines and the Study of Human Behaviour." Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science 1 (1956): 330-39. Reprinted in Michael Martin and Lee C MacIntyre (eds) Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science, MIT Press 1994
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Rosenberg (2004) Philosophy of Social Science

Alexander Rosenberg, Philosophy of Social Science 3rd edn, Oxford, 2004
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