Gorton Karl Popper and the Social Sciences

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8221-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 157 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

The first systematic treatment of Karl Popper’s contribution to the philosophy of the social sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gorton, William A.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Popperian Situational Analysis
Building Models
Against Psychologism and Conspiracy Theories
Methodological Collectivism
Summary

2. Metaphysics, Realism, and Situational Analysis The Vienna Circle’s Positivism
Verificationism, Empiricism, and Metaphysics
Popper’s Metaphysical and Scientific Realism
Realism, World 3, and Social Inquiry
Summary

3. Social Laws, the Unity of Scientific Method, and Situational Analysis Causation, Covering Laws, and Realism
The Unity of Scientific Method
Falsification and Situational Analysis
Summary
4. Situational Analysis and Economic Theory Rationality and Economic Theory
Situational Analysis and Economic Theory
Explaining Voter Turnout: Rational Choice versus Situational Analysis
Untangling Complex Patterns of Interaction
Summary
5. Popper’s Debt to Marx
Popper’s Critique of Marx
Popper’s Debt to Marx
Popper and the Analytical Marxists
Summary
6. The Shortcomings of Situational Analysis The Limited Range of Situational Analysis
Irrationality and Situational Analysis
Elster’s Model of Revolutions
Summary
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

William A. Gorton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Alma College, Michigan.