Table of Contents

Preface -- The Nomological Ideal -- Fundamental Objections to Social Scientific Laws -- Practical Objections to Social Scientific Laws -- The Role of Laws in Scientific Understanding: The Case of Evolutionary Biology -- A Question of Relevance -- Metaphysical Interlude -- Prospects and Limitations of a Nomological Social Science

About the Author

Lee C. McIntyre is assistant professor of philosophy at Colgate University.