Social Functions in Philosophy - Metaphysical, Normative, and Methodological Perspectives (Hardcover)


Social functions and functional explanations play a prominent role not only in our everyday reasoning but also in classical as well as contemporary social theory and empirical social research. This volume explores metaphysical, normative, and methodological perspectives on social functions and functional explanations in the social sciences. It aims to push the philosophical debate on social functions forward along new investigative lines by including up-to-date discussions of the metaphysics of social functions, questions concerning the nature of functional explanations within the social domain, and various applications of functionalist theorising. As such, this is one of the first collections to exclusively address a variety of philosophical questions concerning the nature and relevance of social functions.

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Social functions and functional explanations play a prominent role not only in our everyday reasoning but also in classical as well as contemporary social theory and empirical social research. This volume explores metaphysical, normative, and methodological perspectives on social functions and functional explanations in the social sciences. It aims to push the philosophical debate on social functions forward along new investigative lines by including up-to-date discussions of the metaphysics of social functions, questions concerning the nature of functional explanations within the social domain, and various applications of functionalist theorising. As such, this is one of the first collections to exclusively address a variety of philosophical questions concerning the nature and relevance of social functions.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

Release date

March 2020

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2020

Editors

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Dimensions

229 x 152mm (L x W)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

254

ISBN-13

978-1-138-35132-5

Barcode

9781138351325

Categories

LSN

1-138-35132-6



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