Epstein, Brian.

The ant trap : rebuilding the foundations of the social sciences / Brian Epstein. - viii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford studies in philosophy of science .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index.

Individualism : a recipe for warding off spirits -- Getting to the consensus view -- Seeds of doubt -- Another puzzle : a competing consensus -- Tools and terminology -- Grounding and anchoring -- Case study : laws as frame principles -- Two kinds of individualism -- Against conjunctivism -- Groups and constitution -- Simple facts about groups -- The identity of groups -- Kinds of groups -- Group attitudes : patterns of grounding -- Group action : more than member action -- Group intention -- Other theories I : social integrate models -- Other theories II : status models.

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Social sciences--Philosophy.
Social groups.

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