Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. He is the author of several books, including Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age (Routledge 2015) and Dark Ages: The Case for a Science of Human Behavior (MIT Press, 2006).

Alex Rosenberg is an American philosopher and the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. Rosenberg has written many books, including The Atheist s Guide to Reality. The Girl from Krakow is his first novel. It is based on the experiences of several individuals through the 1930s and World War II.

Part I. Historical and philosophical context

1. Comte and the Positivist Vision






Vincent Guillin






2. Durkheim and the Methods of Scientific Sociology






Warren Schmaus






3. Verstehen and the Reaction Against Positivism






Brian Fay






4. The Development of Logical Empiricism






Thomas Uebel






5. Kuhn's Influence on the Social Sciences






K. Brad Wray






6. Popper's Influence on the Social Sciences






Jeremy Shearmur






7. Interpretation and Critical Theory






Ken Baynes






8. The Empirical Counter-Revolution






Jaakko Kuorikoski







Part II. Concepts






9. Explanation






David Henderson






10. Reductionism






Harold Kincaid






11. Emergence






Julie Zahle






12. Methodological Individualism






Petri Ylikoski






13. Functionalism






Alex Rosenberg






14. Naturalism






David Livingstone Smith






15. Game Theory






Cristina Bicchieri & Giacomo Sillari






16. Situational Analysis






Kevin D. Hoover






17. Bias in Social Scientific Experimentation






Sharon Crasnow






18. Causal Inference and Modeling






Tuukka Kaidesoja






19. Collective Intentionality






Kirk Ludwig & Marija Jankovic






20. Microfoundations, Mechanism, and Causal Powers






Dan Little






21. Social Ontology






Brian Epstein