Durkheim, Bernard and Epistemology

by Paul Q. Hirst

This title, first published in 1975, contains two complimentary studies by Paul Q. Hirst: the first based on Claude Bernard's theory of scientific knowledge, and the second concerning Emile Durkheim's attempt to provide a philosophical foundation for a scientific sociology in The Rules of Sociological Method. The author's primary concern is to answer the question: is Durkheim's theory of knowledge logically consistent and philosophically viable?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415847141
• ISBN13: 9780415847148
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages