Beyond relativism Raymond Boudon, cognitive rationality and critical realism
This book argues that critical realism offers the theory of cognitive rationality a real way of overcoming the limitations of methodological individualism by recognising both the agents' - and the social structure's - causal powers and liabilities. Cynthia Lins Hamlin persuasively argues t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2002.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Routledge studies in critical realism ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797968806719 |
| Sumario: | This book argues that critical realism offers the theory of cognitive rationality a real way of overcoming the limitations of methodological individualism by recognising both the agents' - and the social structure's - causal powers and liabilities. Cynthia Lins Hamlin persuasively argues that critical realism represents a better safeguard against the relativism which springs from the conflation of social reality and our ideas about it. This is an important book for sociologists and anyone working in the social sciences, and for all those concerned with the methodology, and philosophy, of |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [142]-148) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780874516340 9781134575923 9781134575930 9781280401879 9780203283097 9780203167533 |
