Models of Man: Philosophical Thoughts on Social Action

Hollis, Martin

ISBN 10: 052129181X / ISBN 13: 9780521291811

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1977

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR001860498

Synopsis :

Martin Hollis examines the contrasting models with which social theorists and philosophers seek to explain human action.

Présentation de l'éditeur: All social theorists and philosophers who seek to explain human action have a 'model of man', a metaphysical view of human nature. Some make man a plastic creature of nature and nurture, some present him as the autonomous creator of his social world, some offer a compromise. Each view needs its own theory of scientific knowledge calling for philosophic appraisal and the compromise sets harder puzzles than either. Passive accounts of man, for example, have a robust notion of causal explanation but cannot either find or dispense with a self to apply them to. Active accounts rightly stress an autonomous self, but lack a proper concept of explanation. Martin Hollis takes these tensions and contrasts from the thought of sociologists, economists, and psychologists. He then develops a model of his own - one which seeks to connect personal and social identity through an ambitious theory of rational action and a priori knowledge, proposing a sense in which men can act freely and still be a subject for scientific explanation.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Models of Man: Philosophical Thoughts on ...
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition : 1977
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good