1st Edition
Testament for Social Science (RLE Social Theory) An Essay in the Application of Scientific Method to Human Problems
By Barbara Wootton
Copyright 2015
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
The contrast between man’s amazing ability to manipulate his world and his pitiful incompetence in managing his own affairs is now as commonplace as it is tragic. It is by rigorous devotion to scientific method that we have made our conquests over the material environment; it is obvious that this method is not normally applied to the field of relations of human beings, individual and collective.... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Scientific Method in the Social Sciences 3. Pre-Scientific Mental Habits 4. Two Blind Alleys 5. Science and Metaphysics 6. Science and Morals 7. Science and the Arts 8. Conclusion
Biography
Barbara Wootton
