Stephen Turner and the Philosophy of the Social

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44959-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 116, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities

In this volume, the philosophical writings of Stephen Turner on social science and the social are examined critically in essays by major scholars in philosophy and sociology from all over Europe and the United States. The topics covered include his intellectual trajectory and issues over the concepts of practices, the belief-desire model of action explanation, normativity, and collectivities. These issues form the core of the philosophy of social science and are central to the history of the social sciences. In addition, there are substantive discussions of the relation of cognitive science to economics and Weber, of ethnography, and of the legacy of Talcott Parsons. The volume includes Turner’s response to these essays, which also presents a synthesis and retrospective overview.

With contributions by Christopher Adair-Toteff, Alban Bouvier, David Henderson, John Holmwood, Terence Horgan, Peter Olen, Mark Risjord, Paul Roth, Theodore R. Schatzki, Karsten Stueber, Sam Whimster, Rafal Wierzchoslawski and Julie Zahle; as well as Stephen Turner himself.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adair-Toteff, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Stephen Turner and the Philosophy of the Social

An Introduction

Christopher Adair-Toteff

PART 1

Overviews

On What There is, Maybe

Turner versus Turner on ‘the Social’

Paul A. Roth

Rationality and Interpretive Methodology

Transformations in the Apparent Irrationality Debate

Mark Risjord

Practical Normativity

Stephen Turner’s Contribution to the Philosophy of the Social

Rafal Pawel Wierzchoslawski

PART 2

Practices and Beliefs

What Is in an Account of Practices?

Theodore R. Schatzki

Yes Virginia, Folk Psychological Understanding Really is Explanatory

Towards a Realist Conception of the “Verstehen Bubble"

Karsten R. Stueber

Individualistic and Holistic Models of Collective Beliefs and the Role of Rhetoric and Argumentation

The Example of Religious and Political Beliefs

Alban Bouvier

PART 3

Intentions and Norms

What Does Normativity “Explain”?

Peter Olen

Norms

You Can’t Always Get What You Want … but You Can Get What You Need

David Henderson and Terence Horgan

PART 4

Social Science

Cognitive Theories and Economic Science

Sam Whimster

Interpretivism and Qualitative Research

Julie Zahle

Sociology, Expertise and Civility Response

John Holmwood

Response

Normativity, Practices, and the Substrate

Stephen Turner

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Adair-Toteff, Ph.D. (1992), University of South Florida, is a philosopher and social theorist who has focused on German thinkers, especially Max Weber, Ernst Troeltsch, and Ferdinand Tönnies.

His recent books include Carl Schmitt on Law and Liberalism (Palgrave, 2020) and Raymond Aron’s Philosophy of Political Responsibility (Edinburgh University Press, 2019).