{"product_id":"philosophical-foundations-of-the-three-ted-benton-9781138788077","title":"Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn 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 \u003ci\u003ephysical\u003c\/i\u003e sciences, and poses the debate between naturalism and anti-naturalism in the \u003ci\u003esocial\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003enon\u003c\/i\u003e-positivist forms of naturalism and as the possible source of a distinctive philosophical foundation for the social studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Benton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138788074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138788077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Ted Benton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087771611391,"sku":"9781138788077","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_39d01f47-7840-44b7-9c03-14e38c2903ee.jpg?v=1769101312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philosophical-foundations-of-the-three-ted-benton-9781138788077","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}