Sociology-Philosophy Connection

Informationen zum Autor Mario Bunge Klappentext The author of this book examines the thesis that social facts are as objective as physical facts! the so-called Thomas theorem that refutes the behaviorist thesis that social agents react to social stimuli! and Merton's thesis on the ethos of basic science that science and morality are intertwined. Zusammenfassung Most social scientists and philosophers claim that sociology and philosophy are disjoint fields of inquiry Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: The Relevance of Philosophy to Sociology; 2: Mechanism; 3: Explanation; 4: Quality, Quantity, Pseudoquantity, and Measurement in Social Science; 5: The Lure and Disappointment of Rational Choice Theory; 6: Popper’s Social Philosophy; 7: The Enlightenment and Its Enemies; 8: Sociology of Science: From Marx to Merton and Beyond; 9: The Constructivist-Relativist Sociology of Science; 10: In Praise of Intolerance toward Academic Charlatanism

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Boudon, Mario Bunge, Bunge Mario
• Assisted by: Transaction Publishers (Editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.1999
• EAN: 9781560004165
• ISBN: 978-1-56000-416-5
• No. of pages: 197
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought