Philosophy and the Social Sciences | Vernon Pratt | Taylor & Francis e

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ABSTRACT

Published in the year 2004, Philosophy and the Social Sciences is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter |7 pages

Man as a machine

chapter |11 pages

Consciousness

chapter |17 pages

Man as an animal

chapter |11 pages

Meaningful behaviour

chapter |14 pages

The framework of experience

chapter |6 pages

The interpretation of experience

chapter |8 pages

Explanation and prediction

chapter |5 pages

Explanation and understanding

chapter |8 pages

Acquiring scientific knowledge

chapter |10 pages

Social study and objectivity

chapter |8 pages

Social study and bias

chapter |9 pages

Society and its members

chapter |14 pages

Society as a working system

chapter |12 pages

Society evolving