Pragmatism and Sociology _ Emile Durkheim

Pragmatism and Sociology

Emile Durkheim

1983

Pages :  184

Format PDF : 7.26 MB

Acknowledgements

ARMAND CUVILLIER

Editorial introduction to the English translation

JOHN B. ALLCOCK

FIRST LECTURE The origins of pragmatism

SECOND LECTURE The pragmatist movement

THIRD LECTURE Truth and human knowledge

FOURTH LECTURE Criticism of dogmatism

FIFTH LECTURE The criticism of conceptual thought

SIXTH LECTURE The secondary aspects of pragmatism

SEVENTH LECTURE Thought and reality

EIGHTH LECTURE Knowledge as an instrument of action

NINTH LECTURE The pragmatist criteria of truth

TENTH LECTURE Constructing reality and constructing truth

ELEVENTH LECTURE Pragmatism as a method

TWELFTH LECTURE Pragmatism and religion

THIRTEENTH LECTURE General criticism of pragmatism

FOURTEENTH LECTURE The variations of truth

FIFTEENTH LECTURE Truth and utility

SIXTEENTH LECTURE Speculation and practice

SEVENTEENTH LECTURE The role of truth

EIGHTEENTH LECTURE The different types of truths

NINETEENTH LECTURE Science and the collective consciousness

TWENTIETH LECTURE Are thought and reality heterogeneous?

APPENDIXES

1: Certainty

II: Concepts

Notes

Bibliography

Index