LEADER 02659nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910782190803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8166-5509-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000520566 035 $a(EBL)316560 035 $a(OCoLC)182732596 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281534 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211245 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281534 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10306304 035 $a(PQKB)11052438 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL316560 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194384 035 $a(OCoLC)437191332 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC316560 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000520566 100 $a19821021d1975 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe logic of society$b[electronic resource] $ea philosophical study /$fby Laird Addis 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d1975 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-0733-8 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aSocial sciences 606 $aHistory$xPhilosophy 606 $aScience$xPhilosophy 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aSocial sciences. 615 0$aHistory$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aScience$xPhilosophy. 676 $a146/.4 700 $aAddis$b Laird$0862825 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782190803321 996 $aThe logic of society$93822726 997 $aUNINA