Philosophical Applications of Ranking Theory

In the second step, the guidance question is: How to make this theory useful for our purposes? This chapter is then devoted to the philosophical applications of ranking theory and how to make it worthwhile for the account of an internal normativity of social sciences. This chapter’s totality is spent searching for relevant philosophical applications of ranking theory to achieve the ulterior goal of a general account of the internal normativity of social sciences. This chapter is, using an analogy, the creation of a toolbox for the specific objectives of this work.