Rethinking the Individualism-Holism Debate Essays in the Philosophy of Social Science /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zahle, Julie (Editor), Collin, Finn (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 372
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Game theory.; Social sciences.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.

This collection of papers investigates the most recent debates about individualism and holism in the philosophy of social science. The debates revolve mainly around two issues: firstly, whether social phenomena exist sui generis and how they relate to individuals. This is the focus of discussions be...