The ant trap rebuilding the foundations of the social sciences /

Epstein, Brian

The ant trap rebuilding the foundations of the social sciences / [Texte imprimé] : Brian Epstein - Oxford : Oxford University Press, cop. 2015 - 1 vol. (298 p.) ; 24 cm - Oxford studies in philosophy of science .

Bibliogr. p. 283-292

Individualism : a recipe for warding off spirits -- Getting to the consensus view -- Seeds of doubt -- Another puzzle : a competing consensus -- Tools and terminology -- Grounding and anchoring -- Case study : laws as frame principles -- Two kinds of individualism -- Against conjunctivism -- Groups and constitution -- Simple facts about groups -- The identity of groups -- Kinds of groups -- Group attitudes : patterns of grounding -- Group action : more than member action -- Group intention -- Other theories I : social integrate models -- Other theories II : status models

978-0-19-938110-4

Social sciences--Philosophy Social groups

301.01