This introduction to the core concepts of sociology aims to help students develop the 'sociological imagination'. By examining contradictory pairs the student is introduced to alternative explanations for aspects of human conduct over various issues.
This introduction to the core concepts of sociology aims to help students develop the 'sociological imagination'. By examining contradictory pairs the student is introduced to alternative explanations for aspects of human conduct over various issues.
Thomas Schelling is a political economist "conspicuous for wandering"--An errant economist. In Choice and Consequence, he ventures into the area where rationality is ambiguous in order to look at the tricks people use to try to quit smoking or lose weight. He explores topics as …
Political innovation and conceptual change
by Farr, James, Ball, Terence, Hanson, Russell L.
fromIdeas in context
An attempt to defend the claim that politics is a linguistically constituted activity and to show that the concepts which inform political beliefs and behaviour have historically mutable meanings which have undergone changes related to real political events.
"Western philosophy has long been divided between empiricists, who argue that human understanding has its basis in experience, and rationalists, who argue that reason is the source of knowledge. A central issue in the debate is the nature of concepts, the internal representation…
"Western philosophy has long been divided between empiricists, who argue that human understanding has its basis in experience, and rationalists, who argue that reason is the source of knowledge. A central issue in the debate is the nature of concepts, the internal representation…