{"product_id":"philosophical-foundations-of-the-three-ted-benton-9781138978416","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 1138978418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138978416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d","brand":"Ted Benton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46465483047167,"sku":"9781138978416","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79ce14cb-34be-420c-8e0f-645e6d688878.jpg?v=1736346378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philosophical-foundations-of-the-three-ted-benton-9781138978416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}