Investigation of Methodological Individualism and its Challenges in Social Sciences

The aim of this paper is to investigate the view of methodological individualism towards explanation of social phenomena. This view explains social phenomena in terms of individual actions. Therefore, social institutions are reduced to individuals and their desires. In this view, psychology is so im...

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Main Authors: Mohammadtaghi Iman, Esfandiar Ghafarinasab
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: University of Isfahan 2012-06-01
Series:جامعه شناسی کاربردی
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Online Access:http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/jas/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-147&slc_lang=en&sid=1