1st Edition
The Sociology of Belief (Routledge Revivals) Fallacy and Foundation
Introduction; Part I: Reductionism and dual residentialism: Marx and Mannheim 1. Marxism: ‘science’ or critique? 2. Dispensing with dialectic; Part II: The reaction to reductionism and the fallacies of negative re-endorsement and cognitive realism 1. The reaction to reductionism 2. The fallacy of negative re-endorsement 3. Cultural and cognitive relativism and the concept of rationality; The sociology of science 1. Cognitive realism and the sociology of science 2. The curious case of Immanuel Velikovsky 3. Knowledge and the empirical basis of science; Part IV: Ethics and religion: claims to autonomy 1. Moral discourse and moral practice 2. Religious belief – the crucial case; Part V: Conclusion: the foundation and limits of the sociology of knowledge; Notes; Index
Biography
Keith Dixon
