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

• Autore: Addis Laird
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 1975
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 146/.4
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy; Social sciences; History - Philosophy; Science - Philosophy
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The logic of society
• ISBN: 0-8166-5509-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782190803321
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