An extended historical and philosophical argument, this book will
be a valuable text for all students of the philosophy of the social
sciences. It discusses the serious alternatives to positivist and
empiricist accounts of the physical sciences, and poses the debate
between naturalism and anti-naturalism in the social sciences in
new terms. Recent materialist and realist philosophies of science
make possible a defence of naturalism which does not make
concessions to positivism and which recognizes the force of several
of the anti-positivist arguments from the main anti-naturalist
(neo-Kantian) tradition. The author presents a critical evaluation
of empiricist and positivist theories of knowledge, and
investigates some classic attempts at using them to provide the
philosophical foundation for a scientific sociology. He takes the
Kantian critique of empiricism as the starting point for the main
anti-positivist and anti-naturalist philosophical approaches to the
social studies. He goes on to investigate the inadequacy of
post-Kantian arguments from Rickert, Weber, Winch and others, both
against non-positivist forms of naturalism and as the possible
source of a distinctive philosophical foundation for the social
studies. The book concludes with a critical investigation of the
Marxian tradition and an attempt to establish the possibility of a
materialist and realist defence of the project of a natural science
of history, which escapes the fundamental flaws of both positivist
and neo-Kantian attempts at philosophical foundation.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory |
| Release date: |
August 2014 |
| First published: |
2015 |
| Authors: |
Ted Benton
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
236 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-78807-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social theory
|
| LSN: |
1-138-78807-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781138788077 |
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