The ant trap: rebuilding the foundations of the social sciences

Introduction

Part 1: Foundations, old and new. Individualism : a recipe for warding off spirits ; Getting to the consensus view ; Seeds of doubt ; Another puzzle : a competing consensus ; Tools and terminology ; Grounding and anchoring ; Case study : laws as frame principles ; Two kinds of individualism ; Against conjunctivism

Part 2: Groups and the failure of individualism. Groups and constitution ; Simple facts about groups ; The identity of groups ; Kinds of groups ; Group attitudes : patterns of grounding ; Group action : more than member action ; Group intention ; Other theories I : social integrate models ; Other theories II : status models

Looking ahead.