• technique radically different from natural science. The fundamental task for the philosophy of social science has thus been to question the extent to which...
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  • Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are...
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  • the social sciences and the humanities. In turn, the social sciences themselves are of focal interest to the philosophy of social science. Social philosophy...
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    Warburton, Nigel (25 October 2011). "40. A Modern Gadfly". A Little History of Philosophy. Yale University Press. pp. 239–245. doi:10.12987/9780300177541-040...
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    advocated within social science such as analytic realism and subtle realism.[page needed] Bhaskar developed a general philosophy of science that he described...
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  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers philosophy of social science. Its editor-in-chief is Ian C. Jarvie (York...
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  • Social Studies of Science is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers relating to the history and philosophy of science. The journal's...
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    possible objects of knowledge; philosophy is thus recognized as essentially no different from science [...] Ethics, politics, social interactions, and...
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  • The history of the social sciences began in the Age of Enlightenment after 1650, which saw a revolution within natural philosophy, changing the basic...
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  • qualitative social research, the philosophy of social science and the scientific method. Disciplines and areas of study of the Bachelor of Social Science include...
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  • history and philosophy of science (HPS) is an academic discipline that encompasses the philosophy of science and the history of science. Although many...
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    reflection of the discipline's eclectic nature. Political philosophy is a branch of philosophy, but it has also played a major part in political science, within...
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  • physical world; the social sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which study individuals and societies; and the formal sciences (e.g., logic...
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  • The philosophy of technology is a sub-field of philosophy that studies the nature of technology and its social effects. Philosophical discussion of questions...
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  • a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, social norms, or other criteria, often taking the form of a custom. In a social context...
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  • Articles in social and political philosophy include: Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also A Conflict of Visions A Few...
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  • The history of the social sciences has origin in the common stock of Western philosophy and shares various precursors, but began most intentionally in...
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    Feminist philosophy of science is a branch of feminist philosophy that seeks to understand how the acquirement of knowledge through scientific means has...
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  • working in many of the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, most commonly in philosophy and sociology. In addition to marking a distinct movement...
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  • History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Technology. The University of Tokyo has a program in the History and Philosophy of Science. Utrecht...
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    In social science, antipositivism (also interpretivism, negativism or antinaturalism) is a theoretical stance which proposes that the social realm cannot...
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  • realism Legal realism Modal realism Objectivism Philosophy of social science Principle of bivalence Problem of future contingents Realism (disambiguation)...
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  • Philosophy of psychology is concerned with the history and foundations of psychology. It deals with both epistemological and ontological issues and shares...
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  • respectively as branches of action theory, ethics (or normative social and political philosophy), and philosophy of science. Economic theories of rationality, welfare...
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  • The science wars were a series of scholarly and public discussions in the 1990s over the social place of science in making authoritative claims about the...
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    "Fundamentals of Methodology", a series of papers On the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), online. Howell, K. E. (2013) Introduction to the Philosophy of Methodology...
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  • ISBN 1-57230-798-6. Little, D. (1991). Varieties of social explanation: an introduction to the philosophy of social science. Boulder: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-0566-7...
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