Realism in Action Essays in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Realism in Action is a selection of essays written by leading representatives in the fields of action theory and philosophy of mind, philosophy of the social sciences and especially the nature of social action, and of epistemology and philosophy of science. Practical reason, reasons and causes in ac...

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Other Authors: Sintonen, Matti (Editor), Ylikoski, Petri (Editor), Miller, Kaarlo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Realism, Truth, and Explanation
  • What Philosophers Should Know about Truth and the Slingshot
  • From Erklären-Verstehen to Prediction-Understanding: The Methodological Framework in Economics
  • The Archaeological Construction of the Past: Some Realist Moderations
  • The Backward Induction Paradox and Epistemic Logic
  • 2. Philosophy of Mind and Action Theory
  • The Scope of Motivation and the Basis of Practical Reason
  • Activity and Passivity
  • Reasons and Causes: The Case of Collingwood
  • Intending and Trying: Tuomela vs. Bratman at the Video Arcade
  • Spinoza on Causal Explanation of Action
  • On the Structuralist Constraints in the Explanation Scheme of Folk Psychology
  • 3. Intentions, Trust and Social Institutions
  • Commitments
  • The Components of Rational Trust
  • Grounding We-intentions in Individual Social Attitudes
  • Social Groups, Collective Intentionality, and Anti-Hegelian Skepticism
  • Social Institutions
  • Common Belief and Common Knowledge
  • Others Will Do It: Social Reality by Opportunists
  • Science as Collective Knowledge