Full Description
How do we, as interpreters and theorists in the human and social sciences, understand agency? What are the methods, models, and mediating theoretical frameworks that allow us to give a reliable and adequate account of beliefs, actions, and cultural practices? More specifically, how can we as interpretive analysts employ our own cognitive capacities
Contents
Introduction: Empathy, Simulation, and Interpretation in the Philosophy of Social Science -- 1 Simulation and the Explanation of Action -- 2 The Theory of Holistic Simulation: Beyond Interpretivism and Postempiricism -- 3 Imitation or the Internalization of Norms: Is Twentieth-Century Social Theory Based on the Wrong Choice? -- 4 Simulation and Epistemic Competence -- 5 Understanding Other Minds and the Problem of Rationality -- 6 Simulation Theory and the Verstehen School: A Wittgensteinian Approach -- 7 From Simulation to Structural Transposition: A Diltheyan Critique of Empathy and Defense of Verstehen -- 8 Empathy, Dialogical Self, and Reflexive Interpretation: The Symbolic Source of Simulation -- 9 The Importance of the Second Person: Interpretation, Practical Knowledge, and Normative Attitudes -- 10 The Object of Understanding -- 11 Reenactment as Critique of Logical Analysis: Wittgensteinian Themes in Collingwood
