Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. He is the author of several books, including Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age (Routledge 2015) and Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior (MIT Press, 2006). Alex Rosenberg is an American philosopher and the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. Rosenberg has written many books, including The Atheist s Guide to Reality. The Girl from Krakow is his first novel. It is based on the experiences of several individuals through the 1930s and World War II.

A state-of-the-art collection of original essays by the best writers in the field of history and philosophy of the social sciences.--Merrilee H. Salmon, University of Pittsburgh

• Part I. Historical and philosophical context Comte and the Positivist Vision Vincent Guillin Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology Warren Schmaus Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism Brian Fay The Development of Logical Empiricism Thomas Uebel Kuhn’s Influence on the Social Sciences K. Brad Wray Popper’s Influence on the Social Sciences Jeremy Shearmur Interpretation and Critical Theory Ken Baynes The Empirical Counter-Revolution Jaakko KuorikoskiPart II. Concepts Explanation David Henderson Reductionism Harold Kincaid Emergence Julie Zahle Methodological Individualism Petri Ylikoski Functionalism Alex Rosenberg Naturalism David Livingstone Smith Game Theory Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari Situational Analysis Kevin D. Hoover Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation Sharon Crasnow Causal Inference and Modeling Tuukka Kaidesoja Collective Intentionality Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers Dan Little Social Ontology Brian Epstein Realism and Anti-Realism Kareem Khalifa & Randall Harp Critical Realism Justin Cruickshank Objectivity Eleonora MontuschiPart III. Debates Are There Social Scientific Laws? Julian Reiss Behavioral Economics Conrad Heilmann Machine Epistemology and Big Data Greg Wheeler Evolutionary Psychology Stephen M. Downes Cognitive Science Stephen Turner and David Eck The Social Construction of Knowledge Steve Fuller Feminism in Social Research Marianne Janack Race in Social Research Michael RootPart IV. Individual Sciences Philosophy of Economics Don Ross Philosophy of History Paul A. Roth Philosophy of Psychology Nico Orlandi & Janette Dinishak Philosophy of Sociology & Anthropology Mark Risjord Why Is There No Philosophy of Political Science? Bruno Verbeek & Lee McIntyre

Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. He is the author of several books, including Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age (Routledge 2015) and Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior (MIT Press, 2006). Alex Rosenberg is an American philosopher and the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. Rosenberg has written many books, including The Atheist s Guide to Reality. The Girl from Krakow is his first novel. It is based on the experiences of several individuals through the 1930s and World War II.

A state-of-the-art collection of original essays by the best writers in the field of history and philosophy of the social sciences.--Merrilee H. Salmon, University of Pittsburgh

• Part I. Historical and philosophical context Comte and the Positivist Vision Vincent Guillin Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology Warren Schmaus Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism Brian Fay The Development of Logical Empiricism Thomas Uebel Kuhn’s Influence on the Social Sciences K. Brad Wray Popper’s Influence on the Social Sciences Jeremy Shearmur Interpretation and Critical Theory Ken Baynes The Empirical Counter-Revolution Jaakko KuorikoskiPart II. Concepts Explanation David Henderson Reductionism Harold Kincaid Emergence Julie Zahle Methodological Individualism Petri Ylikoski Functionalism Alex Rosenberg Naturalism David Livingstone Smith Game Theory Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari Situational Analysis Kevin D. Hoover Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation Sharon Crasnow Causal Inference and Modeling Tuukka Kaidesoja Collective Intentionality Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers Dan Little Social Ontology Brian Epstein Realism and Anti-Realism Kareem Khalifa & Randall Harp Critical Realism Justin Cruickshank Objectivity Eleonora MontuschiPart III. Debates Are There Social Scientific Laws? Julian Reiss Behavioral Economics Conrad Heilmann Machine Epistemology and Big Data Greg Wheeler Evolutionary Psychology Stephen M. Downes Cognitive Science Stephen Turner and David Eck The Social Construction of Knowledge Steve Fuller Feminism in Social Research Marianne Janack Race in Social Research Michael RootPart IV. Individual Sciences Philosophy of Economics Don Ross Philosophy of History Paul A. Roth Philosophy of Psychology Nico Orlandi & Janette Dinishak Philosophy of Sociology & Anthropology Mark Risjord Why Is There No Philosophy of Political Science? Bruno Verbeek & Lee McIntyre

Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. He is the author of several books, including Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age (Routledge 2015) and Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior (MIT Press, 2006). Alex Rosenberg is an American philosopher and the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. Rosenberg has written many books, including The Atheist s Guide to Reality. The Girl from Krakow is his first novel. It is based on the experiences of several individuals through the 1930s and World War II.

A state-of-the-art collection of original essays by the best writers in the field of history and philosophy of the social sciences.--Merrilee H. Salmon, University of Pittsburgh

• Part I. Historical and philosophical context Comte and the Positivist Vision Vincent Guillin Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology Warren Schmaus Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism Brian Fay The Development of Logical Empiricism Thomas Uebel Kuhn’s Influence on the Social Sciences K. Brad Wray Popper’s Influence on the Social Sciences Jeremy Shearmur Interpretation and Critical Theory Ken Baynes The Empirical Counter-Revolution Jaakko KuorikoskiPart II. Concepts Explanation David Henderson Reductionism Harold Kincaid Emergence Julie Zahle Methodological Individualism Petri Ylikoski Functionalism Alex Rosenberg Naturalism David Livingstone Smith Game Theory Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari Situational Analysis Kevin D. Hoover Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation Sharon Crasnow Causal Inference and Modeling Tuukka Kaidesoja Collective Intentionality Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers Dan Little Social Ontology Brian Epstein Realism and Anti-Realism Kareem Khalifa & Randall Harp Critical Realism Justin Cruickshank Objectivity Eleonora MontuschiPart III. Debates Are There Social Scientific Laws? Julian Reiss Behavioral Economics Conrad Heilmann Machine Epistemology and Big Data Greg Wheeler Evolutionary Psychology Stephen M. Downes Cognitive Science Stephen Turner and David Eck The Social Construction of Knowledge Steve Fuller Feminism in Social Research Marianne Janack Race in Social Research Michael RootPart IV. Individual Sciences Philosophy of Economics Don Ross Philosophy of History Paul A. Roth Philosophy of Psychology Nico Orlandi & Janette Dinishak Philosophy of Sociology & Anthropology Mark Risjord Why Is There No Philosophy of Political Science? Bruno Verbeek & Lee McIntyre