Such a social science, in search of a philosophical foundation, could help itself to any of the subtle philosophies which seek to explain exactly how it is that the content of
mental states of individuals could simultaneously cause their behaviour, interact according
to norms of inference, represent behavioural outcomes as goals and be a (mere?)
artefact of the interpreter’s practice. Donald Davidson and Daniel Dennett are two
examples who come to mind. However, I want to suggest that a viable social science,
that is, one which produces interesting and true explanations of behaviour with a
psychological dimension, can exist without going down that path. The first step is to see
how far social science can proceed without a notion of tacit knowledge at all and my
first three suggestions, Cataloguing Regularities, Interpretavism and Unintended Consequences,
take that route.
A fourth and final suggestion is that if it is genuinely the case that social science cannot
acquire a suitable psychological dimension using only the minimal resources I develop
here, then perhaps social science should help itself to the psychological rather than the
social scientific theory of tacit mental processes.
Such a social science, in search of a philosophical foundation, could help itself to any of the subtle philosophies which seek to explain exactly how it is that the content of
mental states of individuals could simultaneously cause their behaviour, interact according
to norms of inference, represent behavioural outcomes as goals and be a (mere?)
artefact of the interpreter’s practice. Donald Davidson and Daniel Dennett are two
examples who come to mind. However, I want to suggest that a viable social science,
that is, one which produces interesting and true explanations of behaviour with a
psychological dimension, can exist without going down that path. The first step is to see
how far social science can proceed without a notion of tacit knowledge at all and my
first three suggestions, Cataloguing Regularities, Interpretavism and Unintended Consequences,
take that route.
A fourth and final suggestion is that if it is genuinely the case that social science cannot
acquire a suitable psychological dimension using only the minimal resources I develop
here, then perhaps social science should help itself to the psychological rather than the
social scientific theory of tacit mental processes.
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