Durkheim's philosophy lectures : notes from the Lycée de Sens course, 1883-1884 / edited and translated by Neil Gross, Robert Alun Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Contributor:

Gross, Neil, 1971-

Jones, Robert Alun.

Lalande, André, 1867-1963.

Standardized Title:

Lectures. Selections. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xvii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Contents:

Part I Preliminary Matters

1 The object and method of philosophy

2 The object and method of philosophy (conclusion)

3 Science and philosophy

4 The divisions of philosophy

Part II Psychology

5 The object and method of psychology

6 Faculties of the soul

7 On pleasure and pain

8 The inclinations

9 The emotions and passions

10 Theory of knowledge

11 External perception and its conditions. The senses

12 External perception. The origin of the idea of externality

13 External perception. On the objectivity of the idea of externality. (1) Does the external world exist? 14. External perception. On the objectivity of the idea of externality. (2) On the nature of the external world

15 Consciousness. On the conditions of consciousness

16 Consciousness. On the origin of the idea of the self

17 Consciousness. On the nature of the self

18 Reason. The definition of reason

19 Reason. The material of reason. (1) Principles

20 Reason. The material of reason. (2) Rational or first ideas

21 Reason. Empiricism

22 Reason. Evolutionism. The theory of heredity

23 Reason. On the objectivity of rational principles

24 Faculties of conception. On the association of ideas

25 Faculties of conception. Memory

26 Faculties of conception. Imagination

27 Faculties of conception. Sleep. Dreams. Madness

28 Complex operations of the mind. Attention. Comparison. Abstraction

29 Complex operations of the mind. Generalization. Judgment. Reasoning

30 The object and method of aesthetics

31 What is beauty

32 Prettiness and the sublime. Art

33 On activity in general. Instinct

34 Habit

35 On the will and on freedom

36 On freedom (continued). Psychological determinism

37 On freedom (conclusion). Scientific determinism. Theological fatalism

Part III Logic

38 Introduction. On logic

39 On truth. On certainty

40 On certainty (conclusion)

41 On false certainty of error

42 Skepticism

43 Ideas. Terms. Judgments. Propositions

44 Definition

45 On the syllogism

46 On induction

47 Fallacies

48 On method

49 Method in the mathematical sciences

50 The methodology of the physical sciences

51 Method in the natural sciences

52 Method in the moral sciences

53 Method in the historical sciences

54 Language

Part IV Ethics

55 Definition and divisions of ethics

56 On moral responsibility

57 On moral law. The history of Utilitarianism

58 Critique of Utilitarianism. The morality of sentiment

59 The morality of Kant

60 The moral law

61 On duty and the good. On virtue. Rights

62A Division of practical ethics

62B Individual morality

63 Domestic ethics

64 Civic ethics

65 General duties of social life

66 General duties of social life. (1) The duty of justice

67 General duties of social life. (2) Charity

68 Summary of ethics

Part V Metaphysics

69 Metaphysics. Preliminary considerations

70 On the soul and its existence

71 On the spirituality of the soul (conclusion). On materialism

72 The relationship between the soul and the body

73 On the immortality of the soul

74 On God. Metaphysical proofs of his existence

75 Critique of metaphysical proofs of the existence of God

76 Explanation and critique of the physiotheological proof

77 Critique of the physiotheological proof (conclusion). Moral proofs and the existence of God

78 The nature and attributes of God

79 The relationship between God and the world. Dualism, pantheism, and creation

80 The relationship between God and the world (conclusion). Providence, evil, optimism, and pessimism.

Notes:

"Consists of notes taken by André Lalande"--Translators' note.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521630665

OCLC:

53178735

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