Logical Foundations of Social

The Logical Foundations of Social Theory describes Gert Mueller's argument that physical, biological, social, moral, and cultural reality form an asymmetrical hierarchy of founding and controlling relationships that condition social reality rather than mechanically determining it. This book analyzes social stratification, the moral order, and culture systems.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Social Theory and the Social Sciences
Part II: The Epistemological Functions of Logic
Part III: The Logical Foundations of Sociology
Part IV: The Logical Structure of Action
Part V: The Algebra of Analytical Sociology
Part VI: A Modal Analysis of Change
Bibliography
Sociological Theory
Logic and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy
Index

About the author

By Gert H. Mueller - Edited by Joseph R. Pearce

Summary

The Logical Foundations of Social Theory describes Gert Mueller's argument that physical, biological, social, moral, and cultural reality form an asymmetrical hierarchy of founding and controlling relationships that condition social reality rather than mechanically determining...

Product details

• Authors: Gert H. Mueller, Mueller Gert H.
• Assisted by: Joseph R. Pearce (Editor), Pearce Joseph R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9780761864387
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6438-7
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social and cultural anthropology, Philosophy: logic