Metaphysics Social World by Ruben David Hillel (7 results)

Condition: As New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:071009826X.

Hard cover. First edition. 189 p. Audience: General/trade. Fine in fine dust jacket. gift quality.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is lightly rubbed and worn along edges. Bottom edge of spine is bumped, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover, x + 189pp, NOT ex-library. Title page shows the publisher's name struck out and a new name written underneath in black pen ("NOW, BARNES & NOBLE"). Otherwise interior is very good, with limited signs of mild wear only: clean, bright, untanned; unmarked text and firm binding, free of stamps. Dust jacket in good condition, untorn, unclipped, gently shelfworn with light creasing along the edges. -- "Written in the analytical tradition of Quine, Chisholm, Putnam and Popper, this study applies the techniques of general metaphysics to an analysis of the social world. David-Hillel Ruben bases his book on four main propositions: that metaphysical individualism concerning social objects is false; that social objects are not wholes whose parts are human individuals; that social properties are not reducible to mental properties; and that methodological individualism gives a false view of explanation in the social sciences. Dr Ruben makes the distinction between individualism as a metaphysical and as a methodological doctrine; he considers individualism as a metaphysical doctrine about the nature and structure of social reality, before going on to assess it from the point of view of the methodology of the social sciences. His arguments criticize both metaphysical and methodological individualism in social science and support a non-reductive approach to social entities and explanation in the social sciences." -- Contents: 1. The Existence of Social Entities; 2. Social Wholes and Parts; 3. Social Properties and Their Basis; Appendix to Chapter 3; 4. Methodological Individualism; First Appendix to Chapter 4; Second Appendix to Chapter 4; Notes; Name Index; Subject Index.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:071009826X.