Martin, M. and McIntyre, L. (eds) (1994) Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (A useful collection of recent and contemporary articles, grouped around some of the main issues in the philosophy of social science.)

Root, M. (1993) Philosophy of Social Science, Oxford: Blackwell. (Argues that some of the most prominent research programmes in the social sciences flout the ideal of moral and political philosophy.)

Ruben, D.-H. (1998) ‘The Philosophy of Social Sciences’, in A. Grayling (ed.), Philosophy 2: Further Through the Subject, Oxford: Oxford University Press, vol. 2. (A discussion of the main problems in the philosophy of social science, intended for the philosophy student. Assumes some prior knowledge of philosophy.)