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16Representations, Targets, and Attitudes (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 49 (1): 175-180. 1998.
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14Probability and EvidenceCambridge University Press. 1972.A. J. Ayer was one of the foremost analytical philosophers of the twentieth century, and was known as a brilliant and engaging speaker. In essays based on his influential Dewey Lectures, Ayer addresses some of the most critical and controversial questions in epistemology and the philosophy of science, examining the nature of inductive reasoning and grappling with the issues that most concerned him as a philosopher. This edition contains revised and expanded versions of the lectures and two addit…Read more
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13The two natures: Another dogma?In Cynthia Macdonald & Graham Macdonald (eds.), Mcdowell and His Critics, Blackwell. pp. 6--222. 2006.
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11Modified Methodological IndividualismProceedings of the Aristotelian Society 86. 1986.Graham Macdonald; XI*—Modified Methodological Individualism, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 86, Issue 1, 1 June 1986, Pages 199–212, https://do.
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10Semantics and social scienceRoutledge & Kegan Paul. 1981.Originally published in 1980, this book examines the major issues in the philosophy of social science, paying specific attention to cross-cultural understanding, humanism versus scientism, individualism versus collectivism, and the shaping of theory by evaluative commitment. Arguing for a cross-cultural conception of human beings, the authors defend humanism and individualism, and reject the notion that social inquiry is necessarily vitiated by an adherence to values.
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8Meaning and Method in the Social Sciences by Paul A. Roth (review)Journal of Philosophy 86 (8): 442-446. 1989.
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6The Two Natures: Another Dogma?In Cynthia Macdonald & Graham Macdonald (eds.), McDowell and His Critics, Blackwell. 2006.This chapter contains section titled: Introduction Nature Divided A Non‐Reductive Naturalism Norms and Function Functions, Reason, and History Only an Analogy? Concluding Thoughts.
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6Explanation in HistoriographyIn Aviezer Tucker (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography, Blackwell. 2008.This chapter contains sections titled: 1 2 3 Acknowledgment Bibliography.
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1Reductionism: Historiography and PsychologyIn Aviezer Tucker (ed.), A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography, Blackwell. 2008.This chapter contains sections titled: 1 2 3 4 5 Bibliography.
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Beyond Program ExplanationIn Geoffrey Brennan, Robert Goodin, Frank Jackson & Michael Smith (eds.), Common minds: themes from the philosophy of Philip Pettit, Clarendon Press. 2007.
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IntroductionIn Cynthia Macdonald & Graham Macdonald (eds.), Emergence in Mind, Oxford University Press. 2010.
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Perception and Identity: Essays Presented to A. J. Ayer with his Replies to ThemMind 92 (368): 608-615. 1983.
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The role of experience in Popper's philosophy of science and political philosophyIn Philip Catton & Graham Macdonald (eds.), Karl Popper: Critical Appraisals, Routledge. 2004.
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The biological turnIn C. Macdonald (ed.), Philosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation, Blackwell. 1995.
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