On social facts
Publisher description: Are social groups real in any sense that is independent of the thoughts, actions, and beliefs of the individuals making up the group? Using methods of philosophy to examine such longstanding sociological questions, Margaret Gilbert gives a general characterization of the core phenomena at issue in the domain of human social life. After developing detailed analyses of a number of central everyday concepts of social phenomena--including shared action, a social convention, a…
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :On social facts / Margaret Gilbert.
Summary
Publisher description: Are social groups real in any sense that is independent of the thoughts, actions, and beliefs of the individuals making up the group? Using methods of philosophy to examine such longstanding sociological questions, Margaret Gilbert gives a general characterization of the core phenomena at issue in the domain of human social life. After developing detailed analyses of a number of central everyday concepts of social phenomena--including shared action, a social convention, a group's belief, and a group itself--she proposes that the core social phenomena among human beings are "plural subject" phenomena. In her analyses Gilbert discusses the work of such thinkers as Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Max Weber, and David Lewis. "Gilbert's book aims to ... exhibit some general and structural features of the conceptual scheme in terms of which we think about social groups, collective action, social convention, and shared belief ... [It] offers an important corrective to individualistic thinking in the social sciences ..."--Michael Root, Philosophical Review "In this rich and rewarding work, Margaret Gilbert provides a novel and detailed account of our everyday concepts of social collectivity. In so doing she makes a seminal contribution to ... some vexed issues in the philosophy of social science ... [An] intellectually pioneering work."--John D. Greenwood, Social Epistemology
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1992.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton, N.J
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1992.
Notes
Originally published: London; New York : Routledge, 1989.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 521 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780691214627, 069121462X
- oclc:on1162817364
- LC Classification:HM585
- Dewey Decimal:301/.072
Table of Contents
Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- I. Introduction: everyday concepts and social reality -- 1. Preamble -- 2. The focus and thesis of this book -- 3. Social science and everyday concepts -- 4. Weber on everyday collectivity concepts -- 5. The everyday concept of a collectivity -- 6. Methodology -- 7. The main themes -- 8. Overview of chapters -- II. 'Social action' and the subject matter of social science -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Weber's account of 'social action' -- 3. The question of collectivities
4. Further considerations on Weber's concept -- 5. Conclusions -- III. Action, meaning, and the social -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The deep level of the discussion -- 3. Winch on rule-following -- 4. Kripke's Wittgenstein -- 5. The intentionalist programme -- 6. Group languages -- IV. Social groups: a Simmelian view -- 1. Introduction: Simmel's statement -- 2. On Sharing in an action -- 3. 'We' -- 4. Social Groups -- V. After Durkheim: concerning collective belief -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Durkheim on social facts: some salient features of the Rules discussion
3. Assessing accounts of collective…
Subjects
Writers
More from this Series
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Rate & Review