Positivism and Sociology : Explaining Social Life. [elektronicky zdroj]

Autor: Halfpenny, Peter
Jazyk: angličtina
Informace o vydání: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
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Vydání: 1st ed.
Druh dokumentu: Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document
Abstrakt: Summary: In order to provide a clear basis from which to assess controversial questions about the contribution of the positivist traditions to sociology, the book reviews twelve different important uses of the term 'positivism' that have emerged at different times since the mid-nineteenth century, when Auguste Comte coined both 'positivism' and 'sociology'. This review is conducted by examining the historical development of the two independent roots of modern sociological positivism - positivist philosophy and statistics - and by analysing logical positivist philosophy, which in many ways defined the course of twentieth century philosophy of the social (as well as the natural) sciences.
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