Generating images of stratification: a formal theory
In: Theory and decision library
In: Series A, Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences 35
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In: Theory and decision library
In: Series A, Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences 35
In: The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association
In: The Arnold and Caroline Rose monograph series of the American Sociological Association
This book sets out a generative structuralist conception of general theoretical sociology; its philosophy, its problems, and its methods. The field is defined as a comprehensive research tradition with many intersecting subtraditions that share conceptual components. The focus is on formalization and unification as processes that can help advance the state of theory today. An integrative philosophy of the field is set out in terms of a process worldview, with a focus on generativity in explanation and a conception of the structure of theories as hierarchical meaning control systems. This philosophy is implemented in two phases. In the first phase, Professor Fararo defines the core problems of theoretical sociology in the context of setting out and illustrating the logic of a nonlinear dynamical social systems framework. A critical analysis of the outcome of this phase then leads, in the second phase, to formal treatments of action principles and structural analysis. A variety of traditions are drawn upon to treat theoretical problems of order and integration, as well as to examine searchingly problems of formalization and unification in theoritical sociology
In: A special issue of the journal of mathematical sociology
In: The journal of mathematical sociology, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 289-293
ISSN: 1545-5874
In: History of European ideas, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 158-159
ISSN: 0191-6599
In: History of European ideas, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 158-159
ISSN: 0191-6599
In: History of European ideas, Band 21, Heft 4, S. 634-636
ISSN: 0191-6599
In: The journal of mathematical sociology, Band 18, Heft 2-3, S. 153-181
ISSN: 1545-5874
In: Social science quarterly, Band 72, Heft 1, S. 189-190
ISSN: 0038-4941
In: The journal of mathematical sociology, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 97-102
ISSN: 1545-5874
In: The journal of mathematical sociology, Band 10, Heft 3-4, S. 361-393
ISSN: 1545-5874