Questions tagged [philosophy-of-social-sciences]
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Is “too complex” evidence useless?
Is "too complex" evidence useless?
E.g. studies on social phenomena, which are really complicated. The reason they are really complicated are e.g.:
If they study people, then their cognition allows ...
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Philosophy of Culture : is everything that is social also cultural? ( “ social structure”/ “ culture” controversy)
My question could be understood as pointing towards natural explanations of social phenomena; this is however an aspect of the question I'd prefer to leave out here.
My question could be reworded as ...
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Subjective idealism of Berkeley and Social reality
If one were to accept immaterialist position that Berkeley takes. how can it explain social reality?
From what I understand, Berkeley does not deny existence of physical objects, he says that ...
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What “ideology” does “social contract” belong to?
What "ideology" does "social contract" belong to?
Some problems with "social contract":
It should be as reasonable to say that "We have a social contract" as it would be to say that "We don't have a ...
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What is the difference between a “ particular” and an “ individual being ”? ( Ontology)
The standard ontological classification distinguishes:
(1) particulars and universals
(2) concrete and abstract entities.
I'm wondering what place to attribute to " individuals" in this ...
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Can social sciences have a non-subject -related axiomatic foundation? Why not?
Can social sciences have a non-subject -related axiomatic foundation? Why not?
Problems:
Interpretation is always relative to subjective interpretation. Which is not similar in natural sciences. In ...
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Which kinds of academic revolutions has philosophy of science indentified so far and when?
Recently, I had an interdisciplinary discussion with some friends about Industry 4.0, internet of things,...which brought up the question, which kind of academic revolutions apart from industrial ...
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According to Popper, what is logical positivism's role in scientific ethics?
What are the arguments for and against this? Any resources that are easy to read would help
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Can a priori reconsideration improve on a priori theory? “Analytical” etc. schools
So something strange I've realized lately, in the humanities and social sciences it's fairly common to see labels such as "analytical", "analytic school" etc. which I read to suggest as if these ...
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What is the relation between interpretation and explanation in social sciences? [closed]
I am interested in understanding the interaction between interpretation and explanation in social sciences in general and in economics particularly.
It is argued that interpretation is pervasive in ...
