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  • Dixon, Keith  (4)
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  • 1
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    Sociological Theory (Routledge Revivals) : Pretence and Possibility (2013)
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
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    ISBN: 9780415737609
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (144 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Revivals
    Parallel Title: Print version Sociological Theory (Routledge Revivals) : Pretence and Possibility
    DDC: 301.01
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: First published in 1973, this book is concerned with the question of whether Sociology is, or ought to be, a theoretical science. Keith Dixon argues that the pretence to the theoretical is a hindrance to the development of the field of Sociology, which devalues significant empirical work by giving status to research findings only in so far as they relate to often arbitrary theoretical concerns. Dixon addresses the historical dimension in the explanation of human nature and rational action. This reissue will be of particular value to students and academics with an interest in the empirical and
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Ordinary language and theoretical explanations; Ordinary language explanations; The construction of a data-language: behaviourism; The logic of successful theory; 2 Matching the physical science paradigm; Cause and generality; The failure of sociological theory: a priori or contingent?; 3 Causal explanation and rational action; The argument that causal accounts of human behaviour are ruled out a priori; Rational action
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 An alternative conceptualisation: voluntaristic action theoryThe action frame of reference; The definition of action; 5 Bringing history back in : laws and the explanation of human action; Uniqueness and contingency; Concluding remarks; Notes; Index
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  • 2
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    The Sociology of Belief (Routledge Revivals) : Fallacy and Foundation (2013)
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
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    ISBN: 9780415737449
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (147 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Revivals
    Parallel Title: Print version The Sociology of Belief (Routledge Revivals) : Fallacy and Foundation
    DDC: 303.3/72
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: First published in 1980, this book presents a study of knowledge and the patterns of social and scientific thought. Keith Dixon argues that traditional and contemporary formulations of the sociology of knowledge involve a series of fallacies, and the claim to reduce knowledge to ideology devalues the role of reasoned inquiry. Chapters discuss such areas as the theories of Marx and Mannheim, the sociology of science and of religious belief. With a detailed conclusion analysing the foundations and limits of the sociology of knowledge, this reissue will provide an interesting and useful analysis 
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Introduction; 1 Reductionism and dual residentialism: Marx and Mannheim; 1 Marxism: 'science' or critique?; 2 Dispensing with the dialectic; 3 Mannheim: dual residentialism compounded; 2 The reaction to reductionism and the fallacies of negative re-endorsement and cognitive relativism; 1 The reaction to reductionism; 2 The fallacy of negative re-endorsement; 3 Cultural and cognitive relativism and the concept of rationality; 3 The sociology of science
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Cognitive relativism and the sociology of science2 The curious case of Immanuel Velikovsky; 3 Knowledge and the empirical basis of science; 4 Ethics and religion: claims to autonomy; 1 Moral discourse and moral practice; 2 Religious belief - the crucial case; 5 Conclusion: the foundation and limits of the sociology of knowledge; Notes; Index
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext
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  • 3
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    Online Resource
    Sociological Theory : Pretence and Possibility (2013)
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    Details
    ISBN: 9780415737609
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (144 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Revivals
    Parallel Title: Print version Sociological Theory: Pretence and Possibility
    DDC: 301.01
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: First published in 1973, this book is concerned with the question of whether Sociology is, or ought to be, a theoretical science. Keith Dixon argues that the pretence to the theoretical is a hindrance to the development of the field of Sociology, which devalues significant empirical work by giving status to research findings only in so far as they relate to often arbitrary theoretical concerns. Dixon addresses the historical dimension in the explanation of human nature and rational action. This reissue will be of particular value to students and academics with an interest in the empirical and
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Ordinary language and theoretical explanations; Ordinary language explanations; The construction of a data-language: behaviourism; The logic of successful theory; 2 Matching the physical science paradigm; Cause and generality; The failure of sociological theory: a priori or contingent?; 3 Causal explanation and rational action; The argument that causal accounts of human behaviour are ruled out a priori; Rational action
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 An alternative conceptualisation: voluntaristic action theoryThe action frame of reference; The definition of action; 5 Bringing history back in : laws and the explanation of human action; Uniqueness and contingency; Concluding remarks; Notes; Index
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
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    Online Resource
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  • 4
    Online Resource
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    The Sociology of Belief : Fallacy and Foundation (2013)
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    Details
    ISBN: 9780415737449
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (147 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Revivals
    Parallel Title: Print version The Sociology of Belief: Fallacy and Foundation
    DDC: 303.3/72
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: First published in 1980, this book presents a study of knowledge and the patterns of social and scientific thought. Keith Dixon argues that traditional and contemporary formulations of the sociology of knowledge involve a series of fallacies, and the claim to reduce knowledge to ideology devalues the role of reasoned inquiry. Chapters discuss such areas as the theories of Marx and Mannheim, the sociology of science, and religious belief. With a detailed conclusion analysing the foundations and limits of the sociology of knowledge, this reissue will provide an interesting and useful analysis to
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Introduction; 1 Reductionism and dual residentialism: Marx and Mannheim; 1 Marxism: 'science' or critique?; 2 Dispensing with the dialectic; 3 Mannheim: dual residentialism compounded; 2 The reaction to reductionism and the fallacies of negative re-endorsement and cognitive relativism; 1 The reaction to reductionism; 2 The fallacy of negative re-endorsement; 3 Cultural and cognitive relativism and the concept of rationality; 3 The sociology of science
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Cognitive relativism and the sociology of science2 The curious case of Immanuel Velikovsky; 3 Knowledge and the empirical basis of science; 4 Ethics and religion: claims to autonomy; 1 Moral discourse and moral practice; 2 Religious belief - the crucial case; 5 Conclusion: the foundation and limits of the sociology of knowledge; Notes; Index
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
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    Online Resource
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