Felix Kaufmann's Theory and Method in the Social Sciences

by Robert S. Cohen

Book Overview

This volume contains the English translation of Felix Kaufmann's (1895-1945) main work Methodenlehre der Sozialwissenschaften (1936). In this book, Kaufmann develops a general theory of knowledge of the social sciences in his role as a cross-border commuter between Husserl's phenomenology, Kelsen's pure theory of law and the logical positivism of the Vienna Circle. This multilayered inquiry connects the value-oriented reflections of a general philosophy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319028448
• ISBN13: 9783319028446
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"