Realism in Action: Essays in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Foreword. 1: Realism, Truth, And Explanation. What Philosophers Should Know about Truth and the Slingshot; F. Stoutland. From Erklären-Verstehen to Prediction-Understanding: The Methodological Framework in Economics; W.J. Gonzalez. The Archaeological Construction of the Past: Some Realist Moderations; U. Mäki. The Backward Induction Paradox and Epistemic Logic; G. Sandu. 2: Philosophy Of Mind And Action Theory. The Scope of Motivation and the Basis of Practical Reason; R. Audi. Activity and Passivity; M. Brand. Reasons and Causes: The Case of Collingwood; R. Martin. Intending and Trying: Tuomela vs. Bratman at the Video Arcade; A. Mele. Spinoza on Causal Explanation of Action; J. Pietarinen. On the Structuralist Constraints on Explanatory Scheme of Folk Psychology; M. Kuokkanen. 3: Intentions, Trust And Social Institutions. Commitments; K. Miller. The Components of Rational Trust; M. Tuomela. Grounding We-intentions in Individual Social Attitudes; C. Castelfranchi. Social Groups, Collective Intentionality, and Anti-Hegelian Skepticism; F. Hindriks. Social Institutions; S. Miller. Common Belief and Common Knowledge; G. Meggle. Others Will Do It: Social Reality by Opportunists; P. Makela, P. Ylikoski. Science as Collective Knowledge; I. Niiniluoto.