Réfléchir la science du social.

Dulac's collective work is theoretically ambitious in nature, as it proposes a syncretism between various points of view on the social: realism and constructivism, determinism of social structures and freedom of individual choice. This is mirrored here by Lahire's position on the fundamental structures of societies and Boullier's on propagations. The discussion centres on four major issues concerning the scientific nature of the social sciences. Firstly, there is the question of how to take into account the equipment of scientific activity and Science and Technology Studies, and in particular the absence of numerical methods. Secondly, there is the question of reductionism and concern for the Whole. Thirdly, there is the place of action and the distribution of agentivity. Finally, there ...