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Methodology Of The Social Sciences
1944
by
Kaufmann
Epistemology
Value Judgments
Aristotle
Empiricism
Rationality
Methodology
Immanuel Kant
Plato
David Hume
John Locke
Phenomenology
Edmund Husserl
Determinism
Causality
John Stuart Mill
John Maynard Keynes
Teleology
Subjective Value
A Priori
Individualism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Natural Law
Social Contract
Max Weber
Democracy
Political Philosophy
Legal Theory
Mathematical Economics
Ideology
Karl Marx
Historical School
Utilitarianism
Hans Kelsen
Adam Smith
David Ricardo
Jean-Baptiste Say
Profit and Loss
Monopoly
Capital Goods
Marginal Utility
Zurechnung
Ludwig von Mises
Praxeology
Quantity Theory of Money
Table of Contents · 62 segments
1
Front Matter and Preface
theoretical
2
Table of Contents
theoretical
3
Introduction: The Problem of Ground in Empirical Science
theoretical
4
Knowledge and Reality: The Critique of the Copy Theory
chapter
5
The Role of Reason and the History of Methodological Thought
chapter
6
Primary and Secondary Qualities in the History of Science
chapter
7
Meaning, Language, and the Structure of Propositions
chapter
8
Pre-scientific and Scientific Thinking: Continuity and Difference
chapter
9
The Basic Rules of Scientific Procedure
chapter
10
Consistency and Completeness in Procedural Rules
theoretical
11
The Principle of Determinacy and Quantum Physics
theoretical
12
The Ideal of Truth and Permanent Control
theoretical
13
Rationality, Skepticism, and Empirical Validity
theoretical
14
Goals of Science and Preference Rules
theoretical
15
Explanation and Prediction in Scientific Situations
theoretical
16
Classification of Explanations and the Nature of Solutions
theoretical
17
Preference Rules and Presumable Relevance
theoretical
18
Scientific Ideals and the Rational Cosmos
theoretical
19
Methodological Pluralism and the Interpretation of Ideals
theoretical
20
Physical Laws and Causality: The Critique of Induction
theoretical
21
Theoretical vs. Empirical Laws and the Ceteris Paribus Clause
theoretical
22
Conventionalism, Empiricism, and Quantum Physics
theoretical
23
Foundations of Mathematics and Physical Space
theoretical
24
The Logic of Causality and the Principle of Causality
theoretical
25
Theories of Truth: Russell vs. Coherence
theoretical
26
Probability as Rational Belief: J.M. Keynes
theoretical
27
Degrees of Confirmation and Probability Preference
theoretical
28
The Frequency Interpretation of Probability: Richard von Mises
theoretical
29
Probability Indices and Reichenbach's Identity Conception
theoretical
30
The Vitalist Controversy: Mechanism vs. Vitalism
theoretical
31
Teleology and Functional Method in Biology
theoretical
32
The Psycho-Physical Problem and Behaviorism
theoretical
33
Value Judgments: Parallelism with Epistemology
theoretical
34
The Logic of Value Judgments as Analytic Propositions
theoretical
35
Part II: Methodological Issues in Social Science - The Naturalism Debate
chapter
36
Arguments for Naturalism and Anti-Naturalism
theoretical
37
Methodological Pluralism and the Role of Psychology
theoretical
38
Chapter XI: Behaviorism and Introspectionism
chapter
39
Physicalism and the Logical Analysis of Meaning
theoretical
40
Psychological Sentences and the Critique of Physicalism
theoretical
41
Carnap's Revision and the Theory of Reduction Statements
theoretical
42
The Nature of Social Collectivities: Universalism vs. Individualism
theoretical
43
Defining Society and Social Action: Simmel and Weber
theoretical
44
Legal Persons, Social Wholes, and Political Creeds
theoretical
45
The Interpretation of Social Facts and Signs
theoretical
46
Determinism, Free Will, and Methodological Resolutions
theoretical
47
Comparison of Natural and Social Laws: Ideals of Science
theoretical
48
The Sociology of Knowledge and Objectivity
theoretical
49
Critique of Mannheim: Validity vs. Existence
theoretical
50
Objectivity in Historiography and Causal Imputation
theoretical
51
Value Problems and Ethical Neutrality
theoretical
52
Teleology, Norms, and the Pure Theory of Law
theoretical
53
The Foundations of Economic Theory and the Profit Motive
theoretical
54
Rational Action and the Problem of Perfect Foresight
theoretical
55
Marginal Utility and the Measurability of Value
theoretical
56
Ludwig von Mises and the Aprioristic Thesis in Economics
theoretical
57
Summary and Conclusions: Principles of Scientific Procedure
chapter
58
Summary and Conclusions: Laws, Causality, and Probability
chapter
59
Summary and Conclusions: Value Theory and Social Science Methodology
chapter
60
Summary and Conclusions: Philosophical Implications and Scientific Cooperation
chapter
61
Final Remarks and Methodological Function
chapter
62
Notes to Chapters I-XVII
footnotes