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In the fiftieth anniversary of this book’s first release, Winch’s argument remains as crucial as ever. Originally published in 1958, The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy was a landmark exploration of the social sciences, written at a time when that field was still young and had not yet joined the Humanities and the Natural Sciences as the third great domain of the Academy.
A passionate defender of the importance of philosophy to a full understanding of 'society' against those who would deem it an irrelevant 'ivory towers' pursuit, Winch draws from the works of such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein, J.S. Mill and Max Weber to make his case. In so doing he addresses the possibility and practice of a comprehensive 'science of society'.
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'Far and away the liveliest and most cogent of the responses yet made to that staid official judgement of some years ago, that political philosophy must now be presumed dead.' - Times Literary Supplement
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Peter Winch (1926-1997). Born in Walthamstow, Essex, Peter Winch was an internationally respected Philosopher and an influential student of Wittgenstein. The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy is his most famous work.
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Paperback. Condition: Used: Good. The idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy (Studies in philosophical psychology) | Peter Winch | Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970, sixième impression, in-12 broché de 143 pages. Couverture modestement passée, bords et coins modestement frottés, un nom inscrit en première de couv.; Dos solide, légèrement gauchi, ridé (pli de lecture), frottements en tête et en pied. Intérieur agréable malgré de rares soulignages, exempt d'annotations. [AS1]. Seller Inventory # 0415YC6FFND
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