Add to ORKGMethodological individualism is a doctrine in the philosophy of social science, according to which all social phenomena should be explained in terms of the actions of individuals. This paper explores a parallel between methodological individualism in the social science and the debate in evolutionary biology over ‘levels of selection’, with particular reference to the arguments of G.C. Williams against group-selectionism. A number of facets of the parallel are examined
In the recent philosophy of social science literature, we notice an increasing support for mechanism...
This is an edited transcript of a symposium held by the Academy of Social Sciences and the ESRC and ...
This paper argues against the false dichotomy between reductionism and holism in the social sciences...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the view of methodological individualism towards explanation...
There has been much debate in evolutionary biology concerning the extension of some of the central t...
"This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Economic Methodology 2007 14 (2...
Developing a definition of group selection, and applying that definition to the dispute in the socia...
Two major clarifications have greatly abetted the understanding and fruitful expansion of the theory...
Nature-nurture is unfit to account for the seamless co-determination of behavior by biological evolu...
Methodological individualism underpins economic analysis. In his paper in this volume, however, Doug...
We outline here an updated review of “kin selection VS group selection” long standing debate. Group ...
Ideological language is widespread in theoretical biology. Evolutionary game theory has been defende...
Since biology is the study of living organisms, their behaviour and social systems, and since humans...
The paper is part of wider research into the status of explanation in the debate on the scientific s...
The so-called evolutionary social sciences are based on the belief that Darwinism can explain the li...
In the recent philosophy of social science literature, we notice an increasing support for mechanism...
This is an edited transcript of a symposium held by the Academy of Social Sciences and the ESRC and ...
This paper argues against the false dichotomy between reductionism and holism in the social sciences...
The aim of this paper is to investigate the view of methodological individualism towards explanation...
There has been much debate in evolutionary biology concerning the extension of some of the central t...
"This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Economic Methodology 2007 14 (2...
Developing a definition of group selection, and applying that definition to the dispute in the socia...
Two major clarifications have greatly abetted the understanding and fruitful expansion of the theory...
Nature-nurture is unfit to account for the seamless co-determination of behavior by biological evolu...
Methodological individualism underpins economic analysis. In his paper in this volume, however, Doug...
We outline here an updated review of “kin selection VS group selection” long standing debate. Group ...
Ideological language is widespread in theoretical biology. Evolutionary game theory has been defende...
Since biology is the study of living organisms, their behaviour and social systems, and since humans...
The paper is part of wider research into the status of explanation in the debate on the scientific s...
The so-called evolutionary social sciences are based on the belief that Darwinism can explain the li...
In the recent philosophy of social science literature, we notice an increasing support for mechanism...
This is an edited transcript of a symposium held by the Academy of Social Sciences and the ESRC and ...
This paper argues against the false dichotomy between reductionism and holism in the social sciences...