Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science
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Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science by Alexander Rosenberg
Originally published in 1981. Why have the social sciences in general failed to produce results with the ever-increasing explanatory power and predictive strength of the natural sciences? In seeking an answer to this question, Alexander Rosenberg, a philosopher of science, plunges into the controversial discipline of sociobiology. Sociobiology, Rosenberg asserts, deals in those forces governing human behavior that traditional social science has unsuccessfully attempted to slip between: neurophysiology, on the one hand, and selective forces, on the other. Unlike previous works in the two fields it straddles, Rosenberg's book brings thinking about the nature of scientific theorizing to bear on the most traditional issues in the philosophy of social science. The author finds that the subjects of conventional social science do not reflect the operation of laws that social scientists are equipped to discover. The author argues that much of the debate surrounding sociobiology is irrelevant to the issue of its ultimate success. Although largely conceptual, the book is an unequivocal defense of this new theory in the explanation of human behavior.
Important and well-worth reading, both for its challenging, well-argued thesis, and as a summary of major issues in empiricist philosophy of social science
—Review of Metaphysics
—Review of Metaphysics
Alexander Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. He is the author of books including How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories; The Atheist's Guide to Reality; Darwinian Reductionism; or, How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology; and Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science and Policy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781421435428 |
| ISBN 10 | 142143542X |
| Title | Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science |
| Author | Alexander Rosenberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 2020-01-26 |
| Number of pages | 242 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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