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This book is a philosophers' attempt to bring together ideas put forward by economists, sociologists and political theorists. The author begins by exploring the economist's assumption that action is rational if it helps to achieve the agent's goals as efficiently as possible. The assumption is explored with the aid of rational-choice theory and game-theory, but it is rejected in the end for failing to account for the elements of trust and morality which rational social life requires. A discussion of 'Rational Expectations' and of 'maximising' and 'satisficing' leads to a portrait of social actors as rational role-players. Rationality is, finally, the expression of the self in a social world. The book intervenes in intense current debates within and among several disciplines. Its concern is with the true nature of social actors and the proper character of social science. Its arguments are the more challenging for being presented in a simple, incisive and lucid prose. It will be of particular interest to philosophers, social theorists and social scientists interested in the philosophical aspects of their discipline.

Theory of knowledge --- Reason --- Raison --- Mind --- Intellect --- Rationalism --- Reason. --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy

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Social sciences --- Sciences sociales --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Philosophy --- Social sciences - Philosophy.

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This textbook by Martin Hollis offers an exceptionally clear and concise introduction to the philosophy of social science. It examines questions which give rise to fundamental philosophical issues. Are social structures better conceived of as systems of laws and forces, or as webs of meanings and practices? Is social action better viewed as rational behaviour, or as self-expression? By exploring such questions, the reader is led to reflect upon the nature of scientific method in social science. Is the aim to explain the social world after a manner worked out for the natural world, or to understand the social world from within?

3:165 --- 303 --- 172 --- Social sciences --- -303 Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- 3:165 Grondslagen van de sociale wetenschappen. Epistemologie van de sociale wetenschappen --- Grondslagen van de sociale wetenschappen. Epistemologie van de sociale wetenschappen --- 172 Sociale ethiek. Sociale moraal. Sociale verantwoordelijkheid --- Sociale ethiek. Sociale moraal. Sociale verantwoordelijkheid --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Philosophy --- Philosophie sociale --- -#GROL:SEMI-315 --- #GROL:SEMI-315 --- 303 Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie sociale. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Arts and Humanities --- Social sciences - Philosophy.

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All social theorists and philosophers who seek to explain human action have a 'model of man'; a metaphysical view of human nature that requires its own theory of scientific knowledge. In this influential book, Martin Hollis examines the tensions that arise from the differing views of sociologists, economists and psychologists. He then develops a rationalist model of his own which connects personal and social identity through a theory of rational action and a priori knowledge, allowing humans to both act freely and still be a subject for scientific explanation. Presented in a fresh series livery and including a specially commissioned preface written by Geoffrey Hawthorn, Hollis's important work is made available to a new generation of readers.

Human beings --- Social action --- Speculative Philosophy --- Philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Social policy --- Social problems --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Persons --- Human beings. --- Social action.

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