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100 1 $aBunge, Mario,$d1919-2020.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007420
245 10 $aFinding philosophy in social science /$cMario Bunge.
260 $aNew Haven, Conn. :$bYale University Press,$c1996.
263 $a9610
300 $axii, 432 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Why Philosophy? --$g1.$tFact --$g2.$tIdea --$g3.$tInquiry --$g4.$tSystematization --$g5.$tExplanation and Prediction --$g6.$tEmpirical Operations --$g7.$tScience et al. --$g8.$tValues and Morals --$g9.$tIndividualism and Holism --$g10.$tSystemism --$g11.$tIdealism and Materialism --$g12.$tIntuitionism, Empiricism, Pragmatism, and Rationalism --$g13.$tSubjectivism and Realism --$g14.$tBetween Reason and Fact: Rational Choice Theory --$gApp. 1.$tState Space Representation --$gApp. 2.$tLaw and Rule --$gApp. 3.$tThe Logic of Theory Operationalization --$gApp. 4.$tUtility: A Skeleton in the Closet of Rational Choice Theory --$gApp. 5.$tFutility Theory --$gApp. 6.$tObjective Value --$gApp. 7.$tUtility as a Set.
520 $aWritten by an eminent and original thinker in the philosophy of science, this book takes a fresh, unorthodox look at the key philosophical concepts and assumptions of the social sciences. Mario Bunge contends that social scientists (anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, economists, and historians) ought not to leave philosophy to philosophers, who have little expertise in or knowledge of the social sciences.
520 8 $aBunge urges social scientists to engage in serious philosophizing and philosophers to participate in social research. The two fields are interrelated, he says, and important advances in each can supply tools for solving problems in the other.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aBunge analyzes concepts that the fields of philosophy and social science share, such as fact, cause, and value. He discusses assumptions and misassumptions involved in such current approaches as idealism, materialism, and subjectivism, and finds that none of the best-known philosophies helps to advance or even understand social science.
520 8 $aIn a highly critical appraisal of rational choice theories, Bunge insists that these models provide no solid substantive theory of society, nor do they help guide rational action. He offers ten criteria by which to evaluate philosophies of social science and proposes novel solutions to social science's methodological and philosophical problems.
520 8 $aHe argues forcefully that a particular union of rationalism, realism, and systemism is the logical and viable philosophical stance for social science practitioners.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85124013
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