History, Man, & Reason : A Study in Nineteenth-Century Thought / / Maurice Mandelbaum
| History, Man, & Reason : A Study in Nineteenth-Century Thought / / Maurice Mandelbaum |
| Autore | Mandelbaum Maurice <1908-1987.> |
| Edizione | [Open access edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 PDF (unpaged).) |
| Disciplina | 190/.9/034 |
| Collana | Hopkins open publishing encore editions |
| Soggetto topico |
Reason
History - Philosophy Philosophy, Modern - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8018-1236-4
1-4214-3178-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | part I. Philosophical background -- 1. Philosophic movements in the nineteenth century -- part II. Historicism -- 2. The nature and scope of historicism -- 3. The first phase of historicism : from the Enlightenment through Hegel -- 4. The search for a science of society : from Saint-Simon to Marx and Engels -- 5. Evolution and progress -- 6. Social evolutionism -- 7. Historicism : a critical appraisal -- part III. The malleability of man -- 8. Challenges to constancy -- 9. Geneticism : the associationist tradition -- 10. Organicism : culture and human nature -- 11. Man as a progressive being -- 12. Constancy and change in human nature : a critical account -- part IV. The limits of reason -- 13. Critiques of the instellectual powers of man : the idealist strand -- 14. Ignoramus, ignorabimus : the positivist strand -- 15. The rebellion against reason -- 16. The limits reappraised. |
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Purpose and Necessity in Social Theory / Maurice Mandelbaum
| Purpose and Necessity in Social Theory / Maurice Mandelbaum |
| Autore | Mandelbaum Maurice <1908-1987.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 197 p. ) |
| Disciplina | 300/.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social change
Social choice Chance Necessity (Philosophy) Social sciences - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8018-3470-8
1-4214-3191-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One. Introduction -- 1. The Analysis of Social Theories -- Part Two. Individualistic & -- Institutional Theories -- 2. Individualistic Theories of Purpose & -- Necessity -- On Purpose in Individualistic Theories -- Three Types of Necessitarian Explanation -- 3. Necessity & -- Purpose in Institutional Theories -- Developmental Laws and Patterns of Directional Change -- Other Social Laws -- Theories of Functional Necessity -- Part Three. Necessity, Chance & -- Choice -- 4. Determinism & -- Chance -- 5. Determinism & -- Choice -- The Determinants of Choice -- The Moral Implications of Determinism -- The Effectiveness of Choice -- 6. Necessity, Chance & -- Choice in Human Affairs -- Notes -- Index. |
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