Values and the Explanation of Behaviour

The Explanation of Behaviour

✍ Charles Taylor 📂 Library 📅 2021 🏛 Routledge 🌐 English

The Explanation of Behaviour was the first book written by the renowned philosopher Charles Taylor. A vitally important work of philosophical anthropology, it is a devastating criticism of the theory of behaviourism, a powerful explanatory approach in psychology and philosophy when Taylor's

Explanation and Value in the Arts

📁 Explanation and Value in the Arts

✍ Salim Kemal, Ivan Gaskell 📂 Library 📅 1993 🏛 Cambridge University Press 🌐 English

Explanation and Value in the Arts offers penetrating studies by art historians, literary theorists, and philosophers, of issues central to explaining works of literature and painting. The first chapters look at the sources of interest in the fine arts and point to the intimate relation between aest

How the Mind Explains Behavior: Folk Exp

📁 How the Mind Explains Behavior: Folk Explanations, Meaning, and Social Interaction (Bradford Books)

✍ Bertram F. Malle 📂 Library 📅 2004 🌐 English

In this provocative monograph, Bertram Malle describes behavior explanations as having a dual nature -- as being both cognitive and social acts -- and proposes a comprehensive theoretical model that integrates the two aspects. When people try to und

The Limits of Social Science: Causal Exp

📁 The Limits of Social Science: Causal Explanation and Value Relevance

✍ Martyn Hammersley 📂 Library 📅 2014 🏛 SAGE Publications 🌐 English

What forms of knowledge can social science claim to produce? Does it employ causal analysis, and if so what does this entail? What role should values play in the work of social scientists? These are the questions addressed in this book. They are closely interrelated, and the answers offer

An Evaluation of the Benefits and Value

📁 An Evaluation of the Benefits and Value of Libraries

✍ Viveca Nyström and Linnéa Sjögren (Auth.) 📂 Library 📅 2012 🏛 Chandos Publishing 🌐 English

An Evaluation of the Benefits and Value of Libraries provides guidance on how to evaluate libraries and contains many useful examples of methods that can be used throughout this process. There is substantial focus on the importance of goals and objectives, along with advice on strategies that can be

Explanation and Power: The Control of Hu

📁 Explanation and Power: The Control of Human Behavior

✍ Morse Peckham 📂 Library 📅 1988 🌐 English

Explanation and Power was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The meaning of any utterance or any sign is the response