Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy

Name: Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780415423588

ISBN-10: 0415423589

ISBN-13: 9780415423588

Edition: 2008

Authors: Peter Winch, Raimond Gaita

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In the fiftieth anniversary of this books first release, Winchs argument remains as crucial as ever. Originally published in 1958, The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy was a landmark exploration of the social sciences, written at a time when that field was still young and had not yet joined the Humanities and the Natural Sciences as the third great domain of the Academy.nbsp; A passionate defender of the importance of philosophy to a full understanding of 'society' against those who would deem it an irrelevant 'ivory towers' pursuit, Winch draws from the works of such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein, J.S. Mill and Max Weber to make his case. In so doing he addresses…

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List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.83" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition



Philosophical Bearings



Aims and Strategy



The Underlabourer Conception of Philosophy



Philosophy and Science



The Philosopher's Concern with Language



Conceptual and Empirical Enquiries



The Pivotal Role of Epistemology in Philosophy



Epistemology and the Understanding of Society



Rules: Wittgenstein's Analysis



Some Misunderstandings of Wittgenstein



The Nature of Meaningful Behaviour



Philosophy and Sociology



Meaningful Behaviour



Activities and Precepts



Rules and Habits



Reflectiveness



The Social Studies as Science



J.S. Mill's "Logic of the Moral Sciences"



Differences in Degree and Differences in Kind



Motives and Causes



Motives, Dispositions and Reasons



The Investigation of Regularities



Understanding Social Institutions



Prediction in the Social Studies



The Mind and Society



Pareto: Logical and Non-Logical Conduct



Pareto: Residues and Derivations



Max Weber: Verstehen and Causal Explanation



Max Weber: Meaningful Action and Social Action



Concepts and Actions



The Internality of Social Relations



Discursive and Non-Discursive 'Ideas'



The Social Sciences and History



Concluding Remark


Bibliography


Index