ISBN:
9781000112740
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (144 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Sociology-Philosophy
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Ordinary language and theoretical explanations -- Ordinary language explanations -- The construction of a data-language: behaviourism -- The logic of successful theory -- Chapter 2: Matching the physical science paradigm -- Cause and generality -- The failure of sociological theory: a priori or contingent? -- Chapter 3: Causal explanation and rational action -- The argument that causal accounts of human behaviour are ruled out a priori -- Rational action -- Chapter 4: An alternative conceptualisation: voluntaristic action theory -- The action frame of reference -- The definition of action -- Chapter 5: Bringing history back in: laws and the explanation of human action -- Uniqueness and contingency -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Index.
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