Language, form, and inquiry : Arthur F. Bentley's philosophy of social science

We are currently updating our website and have not yet posted complete information for this title. Many of our books are in the Google preview program, which allows readers to view up to 20% of the book. If this title is active in the program, you will find the Google Preview button in the sidebar below. Language, Form, and Inquiry Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1— Introduction: Philosophy and Social Science The Philosophic Character of Social Science The Structure of Bentley's Teaching 2— The Intellectual Matrix of Bentley's Social Science Bentley's Early Years The Proper Study of Society First Methodological Writings Bentley's Early Career 3— The Process of Government and the Reconstruction of Social Science From Politics to Methodology Mental Properties and Social Interpretation Ideas, Ideals, and Progress The Psychological Turn in American Social Science 4— The Group Interpretation of Politics The Basis of the Group Interpretation The Group Theory and American Politics The legislature Law and judiciary Democracy Values, Interests, and Social Science 5— Social Science and the Problem of Knowledge "Knowledge and Society" The New Physics and Social Science Leading Ideas of Bentley's Social Science Categories and Foundation Problems 6— The Logic of Scientific Inquiry Social Science and Mathematics The Linguistic Structure of Mathematics Bentley's Semantic Analysis Semantic Analysis and the Sciences 7— Bentley's Behavioral Science Linguistic Analysis of Psychology Critique of Behaviorism Bentley's "Floating Cosmology" Observation and Theory Bentley's Behavioral Science Objects and Individuals 8— Pragmatism as Behavioral Naturalism Bentley's Critique of Logical Positivism The Defense of Pragmatism Behavioral Naturalism and the Theory of Inquiry Logic and Truth Bentley's Last Years 9— Conclusion: Inquiry and the Limits of Form Social Science and Philosophy The Limits of Form Appendix— The Arthur F. Bentley Manuscript Collections Notes Preface 1— Introduction 2— The Intellectual Matrix of Bentley's Social Science 3— The Process of Government and the Reconstruction of Social Science 4— The Group Interpretation of Politics 5— Social Science and the Problem of Knowledge 6— The Logic of Scientific Inquiry 7— Bentley's Behavioral Science 8— Pragmatism as Behavioral Naturalism 9— Conclusion: Inquiry and the Limits of Form Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W