1st Edition
Marx and Wittgenstein Social Praxis and Social Explanation
By D. Rubinstein
Copyright 1981
242 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite the great differences between them, both Marx and Wittgenstein reject Cartesian dualism by showing that the mind is a property of action and that hte meaning of an action lies not in subjective consciousness but in the system of social praxis in which an action occurs. This common view provides groundwork for undercutting the enduring debate between 'subjectivism' and 'objectivism' in the... Read more
Introduction; Part 1; Chapter 1 The problem of a social science; Chapter 2 Objectivism in social science; Chapter 3 Subjectivism in social science; Chapter 4; Conclusion to Part I; Part 2 II; Chapter 5 Mind and body; Chapter 6 Mind and action; Chapter 7 Philosophical analysis and understanding ideas; Chapter 8 Explaining action; Chapter 9 The social self; Chapter 10 The epistemology of Marx and Wittgenstein; Chapter 11; Conclusion;
Biography
D. Rubinstein Department of Sociology University of lllinois, Chicago Circle
