Rules, Magic, and Instrumental Reason : A Critical Interpretation of Peter Winch's Philosophy of the Social Sciences
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Hardback
ISBN-10
0415253020
ISBN-13
9780415253024
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 30th, 2001
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
408 grams
Product Classification:
Social & political philosophySocial and political philosophy
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This book offers a systematic and critical discussion of Peter Winch's writings on the philosophy of the social sciences and is essential reading for those studying the development of philosophy in the twentieth century.
This book offers a systematic and critical discussion of Peter Winch''s writings on the philosophy of the social sciences. The author points to Winch''s tendency to over-emphasize the importance of language and communication, and his insufficient attention to the role of practical, technological activites in human life and society.
It also offers an appendix devoted to the controversy between the anthropologists Marshall Sahlins and Gananath Obeyesekere regarding Captain James Cook''s Hawaiian adventures.
Essential reading for those studying the development of philosophy in the twentieth century, this book will also be of great interest to anthropologists, sociologists, scholars of religion, and all those with an interest in the relationship between philosophy and the social sciences.
It also offers an appendix devoted to the controversy between the anthropologists Marshall Sahlins and Gananath Obeyesekere regarding Captain James Cook''s Hawaiian adventures.
Essential reading for those studying the development of philosophy in the twentieth century, this book will also be of great interest to anthropologists, sociologists, scholars of religion, and all those with an interest in the relationship between philosophy and the social sciences.
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