Sociology as a skin trade;: Essays towards a reflexive sociology (Harper torchbooks, TB 1733)

O′Neill, John

Harper-Torchbooks

A collection of 19 multidisciplinary essays concerned with the intellectual tradition of the social sciences as well as their formal and methodological properties. The arguments focus on the nature of concept formation and the logic of explanation in the social sciences.

Modes of Individualism and Collectivism

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

St.Martin's Press

The Night of the Gods, Vol. 2: An Inquiry Into Cosmic and Cosmogonic Mythology and Symbolism (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Night of the Gods, Vol. 2: An Inquiry Into Cosmic and Cosmogonic Mythology and SymbolismDr. Warren originated the hope that in spite of many discourage ments the book might be given to the public in its complete form. Mr. Hewitt gave me the first practical suggestion as to how the book should be brought out. Mr. Rowe carried out that suggestion promptly and efficiently, and prepared the way for the realization of the desire I had scarcely dared to hope to see fulfilled. To my dear husband's brother-in-law, Mr. Grattan Geary, I am indebted for invaluable literary advice and assistance, and to him and to my husband's old friend, Mr. Justice Pigot, for the generous donations which made the task of publishing by subscription comparatively easy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Night of the Gods; Volume 1

Religion & Spirituality

Franklin Classics

The Night of the Gods: An Inquiry Into Cosmic and Cosmogonic Mythology and Symbolism; Volume 1

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For the Enlightenment, science represented an ideal of rational argument, behaviour and community against which could be judged the arbitrary power and authority of other spheres of human practice. This Enlightenment ideal runs through much liberal and socialist theory. However, the Enlightenment picture of science has appeared to many to be increasingly uncompelling. What explains the apparent decline of the Enlightenment vision?This book explores one neglected answer originally proposed by Husserl, that its decline is rooted in formalism, in the view that all there is to theoretical science is the construction and mastery of formal systems. O'Neill demonstrates formalist accounts of mathematics and natural science to be inadequate, and then considers and rejects Husserl's views on the origin of the formalization of the sciences. The book concludes by arguing that the rise of a formalist view of the sciences is founded in the professionalization of modern science, and discusses the significance of this professionalization for the fate of the Enlightenment view of science.Worlds Without Content: Against Formalism tackles an important set of issues which have been neglected in recent philosophy of science, and in so doing highlights themes in Husserl's later works which have been ignored by most commentators. It will be of particular interest for philosophers of mathematics, science and social theory, and for historians of mathematics and philosophy.

Worlds Without Content: Against Formalism

Literature & Fiction

Routledge

Revealing flaws in both 'green' and market-based approaches to environmental policy, O'Neill develops an Aristotolian account of well-being. He examines the implications for wider issues involving markets, civil society an

Ecology, Policy and Politics (Environmental Philosophies)

Business & Money

Economics

The Market (Economics as Social Theory)

Following the failure of 'really existing socialism' in Eastern Europe and Asia, the market is now generally perceived, by Left and Right, to be supreme in any rational economic system. The current debate now focuses on the proper boundaries of markets rather than the system itself. This book examines the problems of defining these boundaries for the recent defences of the market, and shows that they highlight major weaknesses in the cases made by its proponents.The author draws on considerable research in this area to provide an overdue critical evaluation of the limits of the market, and future prospects for non-market socialism. The issues discussed cross a number of academic boundaries including economics, philosophy and politics.

The Market: Ethics, Knowledge and Politics (Economics as Social Theory)

Business Culture

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Sociology as a skin trade;: Essays towards a reflexive sociology (Harper torchbooks, TB 1733)

Modes of Individualism and Collectivism

The Night of the Gods, Vol. 2: An Inquiry Into Cosmic and Cosmogonic Mythology and Symbolism (Classic Reprint)

The Night of the Gods; Volume 1

The Night of the Gods; Volume 1

The Night of the Gods: An Inquiry Into Cosmic and Cosmogonic Mythology and Symbolism; Volume 1

The Night of the Gods: An Inquiry Into Cosmic and Cosmogonic Mythology and Symbolism; Volume 1

Worlds Without Content: Against Formalism

Ecology, Policy and Politics (Environmental Philosophies)

The Market: Ethics, Knowledge and Politics (Economics as Social Theory)