The logical foundations of social theory / Mueller, Gert H.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mueller, Gert H., author.

Contributor:

Pearce, Joseph R., writer of introductory material.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, [England] : University Press of America, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Logical Foundations of Social Theory</span><span> describes Gert Mueller's argument that physical, biological, social, moral, and cultural reality form an asymmetrical hierarchy of founding and controlling relationships that condition social reality rather than mechanically determining it. This book analyzes social stratification, the moral order, and culture systems.</span></span>

Contents:

The Logical Foundations Of Social Theory; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; PART I SOCIAL THEORY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; 1. The Axes and Types of Sociological Theory; 2. Theory: Pure and Applied; 3. The Dual Structure of Science; 4. Two Types of A Priori: Contingent and Transcendental; PART II THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF LOGIC; 5. Truth Functions and Mapping Functions; 6. The First Quadrant: Contiguity and Commutativity; 7. The Second Quadrant: Material Implication; 8. The Third Quadrant: Intension and Extension; 9. The Fourth Quadrant: Quantification and Modality

10. The General Structure of LogicPART III THE LOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIOLOGY; 11. The Epistemological Reformulation of Logic; 12. Disjunction and Conjunction, Identity and Opposition; 13. The Logical Analysis of Society; 14. The Logical Analysis of Ethics; 15. Basis and Superstructure; 16. Religion and Morality; 17. The Architectonic of Society; 18. The Architectonic of the Mind; 19. Equations, Concordances, and Emendations; PART IV THE LOGICAL STRUCTURE OF ACTION; 20. Social Consciousness and Society; 21. The Analytics of Action: Means and Ends

22. The Analytics of Belief: Values and Commitments23. The Analytics of Thought: Symbols and Meanings; 24. Causes, Purposes, and Functions; PART V THE ALGEBRA OF ANALYTICAL SOCIOLOGY; 25. Trinomial Foundational Relationships; 26. A Trinomial Analysis of Social Stratification; 27. A Trinomial Analysis of the Mind; 28. A Trinomial Analysis of the Intellect; 29. The Idealistic and the Materialistic Interpretation of Society; 30. The Dialectic of Social Being and Social Consciousness; PART VI A MODAL ANALYSIS OF CHANGE; 31. A Modal Analysis of Change: Optimum, Lag, Crisis, and Constraint

32. The Vicissitudes of Ecology: Plenty vs. Dearth33. The Vicissitudes of Political Economy; 34. The Dynamics of the Mind: Reason and Revolution; 35. The Intellect: Universalism vs. Particularism; 36. Macroanalysis: The Mind and Society; Bibliography; Sociological Theory; Logic and Philosophy of Science; Philosophy; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7618-6439-3

OCLC:

890071879