The problem of structure and agency has been the subject of intense debate in the social sciences for over 100 years. This book offers a solution. Using a criti

Argues that versions of realist and social constructionist ways of thinking about the social world are compatible with each other.

This book argues that societies are complex dynamical systems that can be understood through the concept of emergence.

Brian Skyrms, author of the successful Evolution of the Social Contract (which won the prestigious Lakatos Award) has written a sequel. The book is a study of i

An accessible introduction to the latest developments and debates in the philosophy of social science.