How Classification Works: Nelson Goodman Among the Social Sciences

Nelson Goodman, Mary Douglas, David L. Hull (eds.)

ISBN 10: 0748603514 / ISBN 13: 9780748603510

Published by Edinburgh University Press, 1992

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vi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: 1. Introduction / Mary Douglas and David Hull 2. Seven Strictures on Similarity / Nelson Goodman 3. The New Riddle Of Induction / Nelson Goodman 4. Biological Species: An Inductivist's Nightmare / David Hull 5. Agency and Structure in Negotiating Knowledge / Gary L. Downey 6. History as 'Compliance': The Development of Western Musical Notation in the Light of Goodman's Requirements / Ruth Katz 7. A Question of Style: Nelson Goodman and the Writing of Theory / Tim Engstrom 8. Social Categories and Claims in the Liberal State / Paul Starr 9. World-Making by Kind-Making: Child Abuse for Example / Ian Hacking 10. Rightness of Categories / Mary Douglas.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Classification Works: Nelson Goodman Among the Social Sciences
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748603514
• ISBN 13: 9780748603510
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology
  • Anthropology
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Reprints two essays by philosopher Goodman attacking the notion that classification reflects the natural world rather than the thought processes of the classifier. Eight original essays then apply his ideas to animals, humans as child abusers, politics, music, and anthropology; and discuss general themes such as writing style. Distributed by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.