Durkheim, Bernard and Epistemology (Paperback)

This title, first published in 1975, contains two complimentary studies by Paul Q. Hirst: the first based on Claude Bernard's theory of scientific knowledge, and the second concerning Emile Durkheim's attempt to provide a philosophical foundation for a scientific sociology in The Rules of Sociological Method. The author's primary concern is to answer the question: is Durkheim's theory of knowledge logically consistent and philosophically viable? His principal conclusion is that the epistemology developed in the Rules is an impossible one and that its inherent contradictions are proof that sociology as it is commonly understood can never be a scientific discipline.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Emile Durkheim
Release date:	March 2013
First published:	2011
Authors:	Paul Q. Hirst
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-84714-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
LSN:	0-415-84714-1
Barcode:	9780415847148

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