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Felix Kaufmann's Theory and Method in the Social Sciences

This volume contains the English translation of Felix Kaufmann's (1895-1945) main work Methodenlehre der Sozialwissenschaften (1936). In this book, Kaufmann develops a general theory of knowledge of the social sciences in his role as a cross-border commuter between Husserl's phenomenology,...

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Other Authors: Cohen, Robert S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Helling, Ingeborg K. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 303
Subjects:
Philosophy and science.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Philosophy of Science.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02845-3
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Table of Contents:
  • Editorial Note
  • Introductory Essay - Felix Kaufmann in Perspective; Ingeborg K. Helling
  • Theory and Method in the Social Sciences; Felix Kaufmann
  • Preface
  • Introduction  On the Problematic and Structure of the Book
  • Part One  Elements of the General Theory of Science.- 1. Basic Philosophical Considerations
  • 2. Logical-mathematical Thought
  • 3. Fact and Law
  • 4. Life and Consciousness
  • 5. The Concept of Value
  • 6. Metaphysics and the Theory of Science
  • 7. Proposal for a Universal Methodological Schema
  • Part Two The Dispute over Method in the Social Sciences (Methodenstreit).- 1. The Social Sciences and the Natural Sciences
  • 2. The Social Sciences and Psychology
  • 3. Value Problem in the Social Sciences
  • 4. The ‘Historical’ in the Social Sciences
  • 5. Fundamental Concepts of the Social Sciences
  • 6. Social Laws and Ideal Types
  • 7. The Way to Overcome the Methodenstreit
  • 8. Remarks on the Methodological Controversy [Methodenstreit] over the Theory of Marginal Utility
  • 9. The Concept of Positive Law and the Pure Theory of Law
  • Annotations
  • Index of Names
  • Editorial Note
  • Introductory Essay Felix Kaufmann in Perspective; Ingeborg K. Helling
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Biographical Dates
  • 3. Kaufmann’s Milieus of Social Science in Vienna between the Wars
  • 4. Kaufmann's Positions in Methodology
  • 5. A Selection from Interviews and a letter on Kaufmann
  • 6. Felix Kaufmann ‘Der Nationalökonom im Paradies’: a Poem with translation
  • 7. Bibliography of Works Cited in the Introductory Essay Felix Kaufmann Theory and Method in the Social Sciences.- Preface
  • Introduction  On the Problematic and Structure of the Book
  • Part One Elements of the General Theory of Science.- 1. Basic Philosophical Considerations
  • 2. Logical-mathematical Thought
  • 3. Fact and Law
  • 4. Life and Consciousness
  • 5. The Concept of Value
  • 6. Metaphysics and the Theory of Science
  • 7. Proposal for a Universal Methodological Schema
  • Part Two The Dispute over Method in the Social Sciences (Methodenstreit).- Preparatory Remarks
  • 1. The Social Sciences and the Natural Sciences
  • 2. The Social Sciences and Psychology
  • 3. Value Problem in the Social Sciences
  • 4. The ‘Historical’ in the Social Sciences
  • 5. Fundamental Concepts of the Social Sciences
  • 6. Social Laws and Ideal Types
  • 7. The Way to Overcome the Methodenstreit
  • 8. Remarks on the Methodological Controversy [Methodenstreit] over the Theory of Marginal Utility
  • 9. The Concept of Positive Law and  the Pure Theory of  Law
  • Annotations
  • Index of Names.

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