Realism in Action Essays in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Realism in Action is a selection of essays written by leading representatives in the fields of action theory and philosophy of mind, philosophy of the social sciences and especially the nature of social action, and of epistemology and philosophy of scienc
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SYNTHESE LIBRARY STUDIES IN EPISTEMOLOGY, LOGIC, METHODOLOGY, AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Editor-in-Chief"
VINCENT F. HENDRICKS, Rodkilde University, Roskilde, Denmark JOHN SYMONS, University of Texas at El Paso, U.S.A. Honorary Editor: JAAKKO HINTIKKA, Boston University, U.S.A.
Editors : DIRK VAN DALEN, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands THEO A.F. KUIPERS, University of Groningen, The Netherlands TEDDY SEIDENFELD, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A. PATRICK SUPPES, Stanford University, California, U.S.A. JAN WOLEN-SKI, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
VOLUME 321
REALISM IN ACTION Essays in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences edited by
MATTI SINTONEN University of Tampere. Finland
PETRI YLlKOSKI University of Helsinki. Finland
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KAARLO MILLER University of Helsinki. Finland
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SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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ISBN 978-94-010-3775-4 ISBN 978-94-007-1046-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1046-7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
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1. REALISM, TRUTH, AND EXPLANATION FREDERICK STOUTLAND / What Philosophers Should Know about Truth and the Slingshot WENCESLAO J. GONZALEZ / From Erkldren-Verstehen to PredictionUnderstanding: The Methodological Framework in Economics USKALI MAKI / The Archaeological Construction of the Past: Some Realist Moderations GABRIEL SANDU / The Backward Induction Paradox and Epistemic Logic
3 33 51 69
2. PHILOSOPHY OFMIND AND ACTION THEORY ROBERT Aunt / The Scope of Motivation and the Basis of Practical Reason MYLES BRAND / Activity and Passivity REx MARTIN / Reasons and Causes: The Case of Collingwood ALFRED MELE / Intending and Trying: Tuomela vs. Bratman at the Video Arcade JUHANI PIETARINEN / Spinoza on Causal Explanation of Action MARTTI KUOKKANEN / On the Structuralist Constraints in the Explanation Scheme of Folk Psychology
85 99 113 129 137 155
3. INTENTIONS, TRUST AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS KAARLO MILLER / Commitments MAl TUOMELA / The Components of Rational Trust CRISTIANO CASTELFRANCHI / Grounding We-intentions in Individual Social Attitudes FRANK HINDRIKS / Social Groups, Collective Intentionality, and Anti-Hegelian Skepticism SEUMAS MILLER / Social Institutions GEORG MEGGLE / Common Belief and Common Knowledge PEKKA MAKELA and PETRI YLIKOSKI / Others Will Do It: Social Reality by Opportunists ILKKA NIINILUOTO / Science as Collective Knowledge
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