1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782190803321

Autore

Addis Laird

Titolo

The logic of society [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical study / / by Laird Addis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1975

ISBN

0-8166-5509-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

146/.4

Soggetti

Philosophy

Social sciences

History - Philosophy

Science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I: Introduction; II: Philosophy of Science; III: Minds, Beliefs, and Actions; IV: Reduction-The Nature of Social Objects; V: Reduction-The Nature of Social Explanations; VI: History and Social Laws; VII: Laws of Historical Development; VIII: Monistic Theories of Society; IX: Ideas and Society; X: The Individual, Freedom, and Purpose in History; XI: Abstract Marxism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Logic of Society was first published in 1975. In recent years challenges have arisen from various quarters, even within analytic philosophy itself, to the positivist conception of science, especially in its application to history and other social sciences. From a neo-positivist viewpoint Professor Addis attempts to meet some of these challenges. Underlying his work are the beliefs that every even that occurs, including human choices and actions, is capable of being given an explanation of the hypothetico-deductive sort, that the task of all the sciences therefore is the search for knowledg



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910899898503321

Autore

Parasher-Sen Aloka

Titolo

Handbook on Urban History of Early India / / edited by Aloka Parasher Sen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9789819762309

9819762308

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (541 pages)

Disciplina

900.91732

Soggetti

Cities and towns - History

History - Methodology

Sociology, Urban

Urban History

Theories of History

Urban Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

DEFINING THE URBAN -- PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY AND COUNTRY -- THE EARLY HISTORIC PROCESSES OF URBANIZATION -- DIFFERENTIATING SETTLEMENTS AND THE URBAN -- URBAN GROWTH PATTERNS IN BORDERLAND AREAS.

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook addresses issues around urban growth in early India. It provides theoretical and empirical insights from the perspective of the different regions of the subcontinent using various sources. The book chapters discuss how early urban forms evolved, transformed, and survived on the subcontinent, beginning with the third millennium BCE. This volume also looks at how urban space gradually emerged in borderland areas of the subcontinent and hill areas, which throw up relevant issues and questions of how we need to review elements of what we define as 'urban'. It includes chapters on both the early historic and early medieval periods. The book provides a comprehensive view of early India's urban history, insights into metallic money and cities, the origin of cities and waterways, geospatial and remote sensing techniques to reflect on the emergence of historic settlements, and so



on. The contributors have presented the dialectical relationship between the city and the country in their chapters. The book covers themes such as the Indus Valley civilization, the rise of cities in the Ganges valley, the cultural setting of the multi-ethnic and multi-lingual Kushan cities, the dynamic of the growth of cities in the ancient Tamilakam, theories of urbanization, archaeological and epigraphic material reflecting on the first cities in different regions of the subcontinent, etc. It is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and scholars in history, architecture, and archaeology, as well as scholars working on Indic studies.