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9780415253024

Rules, Magic and Instrumental Reason: A Critical Interpretation of Peter Winch's Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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    9780415253024

  • ISBN10:

    0415253020

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-10-12
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This book provides a critical examination of Peter Winch's celebrated and controversial philosophy of the social sciences. Topics covered include rule following and the meaningfulness of human behavior, technical explanations of behavior, practical rationality, and the interpretation of "exotic" cultural phenomena, such as African magic, and the Hawaiian deification of Captain James Cook.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Permissions ix
Abbreviations xi
Introduction 1(6)
Social science and Winch's idea of philosophy
7(6)
Winch on rule following
13(14)
Rules and meaningful behavior
27(18)
Explanation and interpretation
45(11)
Winch on the use of technical concepts in the social sciences: the interpretative autonomy of meaningful behavior
56(6)
Winch and interpretative charity
62(5)
Evans-Pritchard's study of Zande mysticism
67(8)
Winch's interpretation of magic and religion
75(10)
Winch and instrumental pluralism
85(11)
Winch and the thnographic record
96(12)
Evidence and interpretation
108(9)
Instrumental action in Winch's philosophy of the social sciences
117(8)
Appendix: Winch and the Sahlins/Obeyesekere controversy 125(8)
Notes 133(27)
Bibliography 160(11)
Index 171

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