Philosophy of Anthropology and Sociology: A Volume in the Handbook of the Philosophy of Science Series

6 ½ X 9 7/16 in General Preface (Dov Gabbay, Paul Thagard and John Woods) P reface List of Contributors I. Sociolo gy and Quanitification Defining a Discipline: Soci ology and its Philosophical Problems, from Its Classics to 1945 (Stephen Turner) Measurement (Joel Michell) The Intersection of Philosophy and Theory Construction: The Problem o f the Origin of Elements in a Theory (Jerald Hage) Causal M odels in the Social Sciences (James Woodward) II In dividualism and Holism Functional Explanation and Evolutionary Social Science (Harold Kinaid) Evolutionary Ex planations (Valerie Haines) Holism and Supervenience (Julie Zahle) Levels of the Social (Daniel Little) R ational Choice (Alessandro Pizzorno) III. Anthropol ogy, Culture and Interpretation Ethnography and Cu lture (Mark Risjord) Categories and Classification in the S ocial Sciences (Warren Schmaus) Hermeneutic and Phenomenolo