Philosophy and the social sciences

Margaret Gilbert

pp. 445-455

in: Peter Grdenfors, Peter Gärdenfors, Jan Woleński, Katarzyna Kijania-Placek (eds), In the scope of logic, methodology and philosophy of science II, Berlin, Springer, 2002

Abstract

Can philosophy make fundamental substantive contributions to the social sciences? In this paper I argue that it can, on two counts., My focus is on the social scientific study of human beings.¹