Testament for Social Science (RLE Social Theory): An Essay in the Application of Scientific Method to Human Problems (Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory) - Tapa blanda

Wootton, Barbara

 
9781138988705: Testament for Social Science (RLE Social Theory): An Essay in the Application of Scientific Method to Human Problems (Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory)
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ISBN 10: 1138988707 ISBN 13: 9781138988705
Editorial: Routledge, 2016

Sinopsis

The contrast between man’s amazing ability to manipulate his world and his pitiful incompetence in managing his own affairs is now as commonplace as it is tragic. It is by rigorous devotion to scientific method that we have made our conquests over the material environment; it is obvious that this method is not normally applied to the field of relations of human beings, individual and collective. These are conducted in a quite different way, governed by a medley of primitive impulses set in a framework of a traditional morality that varies from place to place and age to age. In these matters science plays little part; yet more than a century has passed since Auguste Comte said that the rational reform of society must be brought about by the application of scientific method to social problems. It is, therefore, the first purpose of this essay to ask how far social problems might be tackled by the methods of science.

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Barbara Wootton

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Routledge
Año de publicación
2016
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ISBN 10 
1138988707
ISBN 13 
9781138988705
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208
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