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Reframing the Social

Emergentist Systemism and Social Theory

By: Professor Poe Yu-ze Wan

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Reframing the Social

Emergentist Systemism and Social Theory

By: Professor Poe Yu-ze Wan

Drawing extensively on the research findings of natural and social sciences both in America and Europe, Reframing the Social argues for a critical realist and systemist social ontology, designed to shed light on current debates in social theory concerning the relationship of social ontology to practical social research, and the nature of 'the social'. It explores the works of the systems theorist Mario Bunge in comparison with the approach of Niklas Luhmann and critical social systems theorists, to challenge the commonly held view that the systems-based approach is holistic in nature and necessarily downplays the role of human agency. Theoretically sophisticated and investigating the work of a theorist whose work has until now received insufficient attention in Anglo-American thought, this book will be of interest to those working in the field of social theory, as well as scholars concerned with philosophy of social science, the project of analytical sociology, and the nature of the relationship between the natural and social sciences.

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262

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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ISBN 10

1409494349

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9781409494348

Chasing Reality

Strife Over Realism

By: Mario Bunge,Professor Mario Bunge

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Chasing Reality

Strife Over Realism

By: Mario Bunge,Professor Mario Bunge

Dealing with the controversies over the reality of the external world, this work offers a defense of realism, a critique of various forms of contemporary anti-realism, and a sketch of the author's version of realism, namely hylorealism. It examines the main varieties of antirealism and argues that all of these in fact hinder scientific research.

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361

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University of Toronto Press

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0802090753

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9780802090751

Finding Philosophy in Social Science

By: Mario Bunge,Professor Mario Bunge

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Finding Philosophy in Social Science

By: Mario Bunge,Professor Mario Bunge

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458

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Yale University Press

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0300066066

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9780300066067

Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World

The End of Exploitation and Exclusion?

By: Professor Max Haller,Anja Eder

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Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World

The End of Exploitation and Exclusion?

By: Professor Max Haller,Anja Eder

A systematic examination of the interaction between class structures, social stratification and ethnic differentiation, Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World sheds light on the manner in which social structures produce different levels of economic inequality, offering a fivefold typology of patterns of ethnic stratification, which can be applied to present-day world regions.

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419

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409449521

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9781409449522

The Human Right to Science

History, Development, and Normative Content

By: Cesare P. R. Romano,Andrea Boggio,Professor of Legal Studies Andrea Boggio

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The Human Right to Science

History, Development, and Normative Content

By: Cesare P. R. Romano,Andrea Boggio,Professor of Legal Studies Andrea Boggio

The Human Right to Science offers a thorough and systematic analysis of the right to science in all of its critical aspects. Authored by experts in international law and science policy, the book meticulously explores the right's origins, development, and normative content. In doing so, it uncovers previously unarticulated entitlements and obligations, offering new insights on human rights interconnections.

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Oxford University Press

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0197768997

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9780197768990

Thought Experiments

By: Roy A. Sorensen Associate Professor of Philosophy New York University

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Thought Experiments

By: Roy A. Sorensen Associate Professor of Philosophy New York University

Sorensen presents a general theory of thought experiments: what they are, how they work, what are their virtues and vices. On Sorensen's view, philosophy differs from science in degree, but not in kind. For this reason, he claims, it is possible to understand philosophical thought experiments by concentrating on their resemblance to scientific relatives. Lessons learned about scientific experimentation carry over to thought experiment, and vice versa. Sorensen also assesses the hazards and pseudo-hazards of thought experiments. Although he grants that there are interesting ways in which the method leads us astray, he attacks most scepticism about thought experiments as arbitrary. They should be used, he says, as they generally are used--as part of a diversified portfolio of techniques. All of these devices are individually susceptible to abuse, fallacy, and error. Collectively, however, they provide a network of cross-checks that make for impressive reliability.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198023804

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9780198023807

Integral Research and Innovation

Transforming Enterprise and Society

By: Dr Alexander Schieffer,Professor Ronnie Lessem

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Integral Research and Innovation

Transforming Enterprise and Society

By: Dr Alexander Schieffer,Professor Ronnie Lessem

The core question underlying Integral Research and Innovation is: 'How can social research be turned into social or indeed "integral" innovation?' Complementing their acclaimed Transformation Management, this second book in the Transformation and Innovation Series explains how the knowledge creation that underpins transformative processes occurs. The authors show how research has to be transformative, rather than just informative if it is to contribute usefully to building integrated and sustainable enterprises. At a time when business practitioners and others responsible for organizational development are desperate for usable knowledge the authors contend that social science research is failing to support business and management generally. Instead, academic researchers engage in esoteric arguments about research methodology which do not contribute usefully to the resolution of real world problems. Drawing on their experience of environments where researchers and practitioners do engage constructively, resulting in research that is active, participative, and genuinely innovative, Professor Lessem and Dr Schieffer are in territory that is far beyond that covered by standard works on research methodology. This is a book not just for academics and researchers wanting to make a meaningful contribution, but also for reflective practitioners from the corporate organizational, and consultancy based worlds who operate in the area of interface between business and management, education, learning, and society, and who need to know how research can be used to make a real difference.

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Gower Publishing, Ltd.

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1409459489

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9781409459484

Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation

By: Barry S. Kogan,Clarence and Robert Efroymson Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Religious Thought and Philosophy Barry S Kogan

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Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation

By: Barry S. Kogan,Clarence and Robert Efroymson Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Religious Thought and Philosophy Barry S Kogan

Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation examines the controversial causation issue. That causes produce their effects and can be known to do so is the view that Averroes defends in his Tahafut Al-Tahafut, where he summarizes and evaluates the debates about causation--debates that took place over several generations between the philosophers and the theologians of medieval Islam. Drawing from his Tahafut, his commentaries, and other writings, Kogan shows that Averroes' discussion of causation represents a dialogue across the generations and a rich contribution to the history of the causal controversy. Averroes responds to al-Ghazali's proto-Humean critique of the philosophers' account which treats causation as an entailment relation. In this response Averroes develops an independent position that is of philosophical interest because it clearly anticipates many of the contemporary responses to Hume associated with the singularist position. Building on this analysis, Kogan resolves many long-standing paradoxes in Averroes' treatment of miracles, eternal creation, God's causal knowing, and the theory of emanation.

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SUNY Press

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0887060633

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9780887060632

Book's by Professor Mario Bunge

Reframing the Social

Reframing the Social

Chasing Reality

Chasing Reality

Finding Philosophy in Social Science

Finding Philosophy in Social Science

Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World

Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World

The Human Right to Science

The Human Right to Science

Thought Experiments

Thought Experiments

Integral Research and Innovation

Integral Research and Innovation

Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation

Averroes and the Metaphysics of Causation

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