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Zusatztext The Ant Trap is a powerful book that challenges individualist assumptions that have guided social theory and philosophy of social science over the past several decades. It also shows why good metaphysics matters. It is a must-read both for those working in the foundations of social science, and for anyone in philosophy interested, quite broadly, in ontology and explanation. The book demonstrates clearly how interdisciplinary philosophical work can inform, and transform, inquiry in several fields, including philosophy itself. Informationen zum Autor Brian Epstein received his PhD in philosophy from Stanford University, his master's in philosophy from Oxford University, and graduated summa cum laude with an AB in philosophy from Princeton University. His research interests include philosophy of social science, metaphysics, and philosophy of language, focusing in particular on issues in the theory of reference and the ontology of social kinds. He also has interests in conceptual schemes, the philosophy of music, and the philosophy of economics. Between degree programs, he worked at a number of technology startups and consulting firms. Klappentext In The Ant Trap, Brian Epstein rewrites our understanding of the nature of the social world and the foundations of the social sciences. He develops a new model of the social world, and shows that the actions and intentions of social groups often depend on more than their members. Vorwort Winner of the 2016 American Philosophical Association Joseph B. Gittler AwardWinner of the 2016 Lakatos Award Zusammenfassung In The Ant Trap, Brian Epstein rewrites our understanding of the nature of the social world and the foundations of the social sciences. He develops a new model of the social world, and shows that the actions and intentions of social groups often depend on more than their members. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION; PART ONE DL FOUNDATIONS, OLD AND NEW; 1 Individualism: a recipe for warding off spirits; 2 Getting to the consensus view; 3 Seeds of doubt; 4 Another puzzle: a competing consensus; 5 Tools and terminology; 6 Grounding and anchoring; 7 Case study: laws as frame principles; 8 Two kinds of individualism; 9 Against conjunctivism; PART TWO DL GROUPS AND THE FAILURE OF INDIVIDUALISM; 10 Groups and constitution; 11 Simple facts about groups; 12 The identity of groups; 13 Kinds of groups; 14 Group attitudes: patterns of grounding; 15 Group action: more than member action; 16 Group intention; 17 Other theories I: social integrate models; 18 Other theories II: status models; LOOKING AHEAD; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Index...
