Pursuing an analogy with the natural sciences, Lee McIntyre, in this first full-length defense of social scientific laws to appear in the last twenty years, upholds the prospect of the nomological explanation of human behavior against those who maintain that this approach is impossible, impractical, or irrelevant.
Pursuing an analogy with the natural sciences, Lee McIntyre, in this first full-length defense of social scientific laws to appear in the last twenty years, upholds the prospect of the nomological explanation of human behavior against those who maintain that this approach is impossible, impractical, or irrelevant.
1 The Nomological Ideal 2 Fundamental Objections to Social Scientific Laws 3 Practical Objections to Social Scientific Laws 4 The Role of Laws in Scientific Understanding: The Case of Evolutionary Biology 5 A Question of Relevance 6 Metaphysical Interlude 7 Prospects and Limitations of a Nomological Social Science
Preface -- The Nomological Ideal -- Fundamental Objections to Social Scientific Laws -- Practical Objections to Social Scientific Laws -- The Role of Laws in Scientific Understanding: The Case of Evolutionary Biology -- A Question of Relevance -- Metaphysical Interlude -- Prospects and Limitations of a Nomological Social Science
1 The Nomological Ideal 2 Fundamental Objections to Social Scientific Laws 3 Practical Objections to Social Scientific Laws 4 The Role of Laws in Scientific Understanding: The Case of Evolutionary Biology 5 A Question of Relevance 6 Metaphysical Interlude 7 Prospects and Limitations of a Nomological Social Science
Preface -- The Nomological Ideal -- Fundamental Objections to Social Scientific Laws -- Practical Objections to Social Scientific Laws -- The Role of Laws in Scientific Understanding: The Case of Evolutionary Biology -- A Question of Relevance -- Metaphysical Interlude -- Prospects and Limitations of a Nomological Social Science
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