Preface to the Second Edition |
Introduction to the First Edition / 1: |
Philosophy and the Social Sciences |
A Philosophical Toolkit |
Politics and Political Philosophy |
The Book and Its Arguments |
How to Read the Book |
Empiricism and Positivism in Science / 2: |
Introduction |
Empiricism and the Theory of Knowledge |
Positivism and Sociology |
Further Reading |
Some Problems of Empiricism and Positivism / 3: |
Introduction: Two Ways to Criticize Positivism |
Some Problems of Empiricism |
Further Problems of Positivism |
Science, Nature and Society: Some Alternatives to Empiricism / 4: |
Marxism and Science |
Weber, Merton and the Sociology of Science |
Historical Epistemology and Structural Marxism |
Revolutions and Relativism: From Kuhn to the 'Strong Programme' |
Gender and Science: The Feminist Vision |
The Reflexive Turn: 'Constructing' Nature and Society |
Conclusion |
Post-script |
Interpretive Approaches 1: Instrumental Rationality / 5: |
Weber's Discussion of the Objects of the Social Sciences |
Weber's Methodology: Understanding and Ideal Types |
Weber on Objectivity and Value Freedom |
Phenomenology: A Philosophical Foundation for Instrumental Rationality |
Instrumental Variations I: Rational Choice Theory |
Instrumental Variations II: Pragmatism and Symbolic Interactionism |
Reasons and Causes |
Individualism, Holism and Functional Explanation |
Interpretive Approaches 2: Rationality as Rule-Following: Cultures, Traditions and Hermeneutics / 6: |
Peter Winch: Philosophy and Social Science |
Language, Games and Rules |
Understanding Other Societies |
What Can We Do with Winch? |
Alisdair MacIntyre: Narratives and Communities |
Hermeneutics: Hans-Georg Gadamar |
Interpretive Approaches 3: Critical Rationality / 7: |
Introduction: Hegel, Marx and the Dialectic |
The Dialectic of the Enlightenment |
Ideology |
Habermas: The Possibility of an Emancipatory Science |
Critical Theory and the Linguistic Turn |
Critical Realism and the Social Sciences / 8: |
Realism and Natural Science |
Experiments, Laws and Mechanisms |
Reality as Stratified |
Stratification, Emergence and Reduction |
Reality as Differentiated: Closed and Open Systems |
Realism and Social Science |
Critical Realism and Human Emancipation |
Feminism, Knowledge and Society / 9: |
Introduction: Objectivity and Cultural Diversity |
Feminist Politics and Social Knowledge |
Feminism and Epistemology |
Debating the Feminist Standpoint |
Post-modern Feminism |
Post-structuralism and Post-modernism / 10: |
Post-structuralism: The Move to the Signifier |
Foucault: The Construction of the Subject |
Derrida and Deconstruction |
Post-modernism: Losing Philosophy |
The Politics of Post-structuralism and Post-modernism |
What Do We Do with the Posts? |
Conclusion: In Defence of Philosophy / 11: |
Commentary on Recent Developments / 12: |
Peter Winch and Hermeneutics |
Meaning, Action and Explanation |
Understanding Other Cultures and Criticizing One's Own |
'Limiting notions', Human Nature and Social Science Naturalism |
Post-Marxism and Post-Structuralism |
Critical Realism and Social Science |
Personal Conclusions / Appendix I: |
Obituary for Professor Ian Craib (1945-2002) / Appendix II: |
Glossary |
Bibliography |
Index |
Post-Structuralism and Postmodernism |
Critical Engagements With Recent Developments |
Obituary for Professor Ian Craib |
Preface to the Second Edition |
Introduction to the First Edition / 1: |
Philosophy and the Social Sciences |