empiricism, abstracted — See abstracted empiricism … Dictionary of sociology
Empiricism — • Primarily, and in its psychological application, the term signifies the theory that the phenomena of consciousness are simply the product of sensuous experience, i.e. of sensations variously associated and arranged Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… … Catholic encyclopedia
empiricism — empiricist, n., adj. /em pir euh siz euhm/, n. 1. empirical method or practice. 2. Philos. the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience. Cf. rationalism (def. 2). 3. undue reliance upon experience, as in medicine; quackery. 4 … Universalium
АБСТРАКТНЫЙ ЭМПИРИЗМ — (abstracted empiricism) термин, употребленный К. Райтом Миллсом (1959) в отношении тех форм социального обзорного исследования, которые предполагают количественные методы, но мало добавляют к теоретическим традициям в социологии и к… … Большой толковый социологический словарь
The Sociological Imagination — infobox Book | name = The Sociological Imagination orig title = translator = author = C. Wright Mills cover artist = country = language = series = genre = publisher = Oxford University Press release date = 1959 media type = pages = 256 isbn =… … Wikipedia
methodological pluralism — During the 1970s sociologists were prone to argue that a long standing positivistic hegemony in sociology had crumbled, and that the idea that there was one style of social research (underpinned by a unified philosophy of social science and… … Dictionary of sociology
law, sociology of — Law rules of action or statutes established by authorities such as states was a central object of theoretical and substantive concern to each of the founding figures of sociology. Although Karl Marx did not write a systematic treatise on law, he… … Dictionary of sociology
Mills, C(harles) Wright — born Aug. 28, 1916, Waco, Texas, U.S. died March 20, 1962, Nyack, N.Y. U.S. sociologist. After studying at the University of Texas (B.A., M.A., 1939) and the University of Wisconsin (Ph.D., 1941), Mills joined the faculty of Columbia University;… … Universalium
Lazarsfeld, Paul F. — (1901 76) An Austrian born sociologist who founded the Bureau of Applied Social Research at Columbia University. He was a leading authority on American popular culture , voting behaviour , and the influence of the mass media upon society. Among… … Dictionary of sociology
Mills, C(harles) Wright — (1916 62) An American sociologist whose most important work was published during the 1950s. As a radical on the political left, he was an unusual figure in American sociology at this time, taking up a position that might be better described as… … Dictionary of sociology
