The Sociology-Philosophy Connection (Hardcover)

1: The Relevance of Philosophy to Sociology; 2: Mechanism; 3: Explanation; 4: Quality, Quantity, Pseudoquantity, and Measurement in Social Science; 5: The Lure and Disappointment of Rational Choice Theory; 6: Popper’s Social Philosophy; 7: The Enlightenment and Its Enemies; 8: Sociology of Science: From Marx to Merton and Beyond; 9: The Constructivist-Relativist Sociology of Science; 10: In Praise of Intolerance toward Academic Charlatanism