Sociobiology and the Preemption of Social Science

by Alex Rosenberg

Book Overview

Originally published in 1981. Why have the social sciences in general failed to produce results with the ever-increasing explanatory power and predictive strength of the natural sciences? In seeking an answer to this question, Alexander Rosenberg, a philosopher of science, plunges into the controversial discipline of sociobiology. Sociobiology, Rosenberg asserts, deals in those forces governing human behavior that traditional social science has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142143542X
• ISBN13: 9781421435428
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"