Causation and Functionalism in Sociology:
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1. Verfasser: Isajiw, Wsevolod W. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2013
Schriftenreihe:International library of sociology
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Beschreibung:Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; PREFACE; I INTRODUCTION; General Statement of the Causal Problem in Functionalism; Meaning of Causality; Aim, Procedure and Definition of Functionalism; The Problem of Scientific Explanation in Sociology; II PRODUCTIVE CAUSALITY IN FUNCTIONALISM; The Problem of Productive Causality in Parsons' Critique of Max Weber; 'Intercausality' in Functionalism; Productively Causal Characteristics in Functionalism; Logical Formulation of the Principle of Productive Causality; III TELECAUSALITY IN FUNCTIONALISM.
Critique of Merton's Distinction Between the Manifest and the Latent FunctionsCritique of Merton's Definition of the Concept of Function; The Concept of Function: Its Significance in the Social System Model; Relation to the Future: Model of a Self-Regulating System as Explanatory Device; Telecausal Characteristics in Functionalism; Formulation of the Principle of Telecausality; The Question of Teleology in Functionalist Literature; IV TALCOTT PARSONS' MEANS-ENDS SCHEMA OF FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION; System-System Interaction Analysis: Parsons' Macrofunctionalism
Ego-Alter Interaction Analysis: Parsons' MicrofunctionalismV THE EXPLANATORY IMPORT OF FUNCTIONALISM; The Explanatory Value of Functionalism; George C. Homans' Critique of Functionalism; The Use of Organismic Model; Evaluation of the Common Objections to Telecausality; The Question of Reduction of Telecausality to Productive Causality: Ernest Nagel's Argument; NOTES; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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