Mark Risjord is Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, USA.

This collection brings together contributions from a diverse group of philosophers who explore a broad but thematically unified set of questions on the role of naturalism in the philosophy of the social sciences. Informed by recent developments in both philosophy and the social sciences, this volume will set the benchmark for contemporary discussions about normativity and naturalism.

1. Introduction Mark Risjord 2. The Naturalistic Moment in Normativism Stephen Turner 3. Toward a New Naturalism: Niche Construction, Conceptual Normativity and Scientific Practice Joseph Rouse 4. What Would it be to be a Norm? Paul Roth 5. Social Normativism Jaroslav Peregrin 6. Methodological Antinaturalism, Norms, and Participant Observation Julie Zahle 7. Agents, Reasons, and the Nature of Normativity Karsten Stueber 8. Autism and Like-Mindedness Janette Dinishak 9. Responsiveness to Norms Mark Okrent 10. Explaining by Reference to Norms is only Natural (or Should be) David Henderson 11. Ecological Attunement and the Normativity of Practice Mark Risjord 12. The Assassination of the Austrian Archduke, Sacred Cows, and the Conundrum of Rules Martin Palecek 13. Self Interest, Norms, and Explanation Petri Ylikoski and Jaakko Kuorikoski 14. Can Expected Utility Theory's Notion of Rationality be Explanatory? Lina Eriksson 15. Trust, Reason, and Norms Ladislav Koren