Introduction

In the last decade the philosophy of social science has become a vibrant field with exciting research on a host of topics. The new directions in this field go hand in hand with several other changes in the intellectual landscape, such as the spread of game theory from economics outwards across the social sciences, a new understanding of the role of values in science, the attention to interdisciplinary practice of research, and the obsession with objectivity. The co-authors spell out these changes as an introduction to the topics dealt with in the bulk of the volume.