Published in the year 2004, Philosophy and the Social Sciences is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology.

Vernon Pratt

1. Introduction 2. Man as a Machine 3. Consciousness 4. Man as an Animal 5. Meaningful Behaviour 6. The Frameworks of Experience 7. The Interpretation of Experience 8. Explanation and Prediction 9. Explanation and Understanding 10. Acquiring Scientific Knowledge 11. Social Study and Objectivity 12. Social Study and Bias 13. Society and its Members 14. Society as a Working System 15. Society Evolving