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Maršálek, Jan
The degradation of the analytic-synthetic method in Herbert Spencer’s sociology.
Journal of Classical Sociology. (2024). ISSN 1468-795X. E-ISSN 1741-2897
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985955
Klíčová slova: analytic-synthetic method * Herbert Spencer * degradation * Thomas Hobbes * analysis * synthesis
Obor OECD: Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Impakt faktor: 1, rok: 2023
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
Web výsledku:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X241268851DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X241268851

In order to illustrate the degradation of a method, we will examine Herbert Spencer’s Principles of Sociology (1874–1898, three volumes). The analytic-synthetic method introduced into ‘civil philosophy’ by Thomas Hobbes in the 17th century is chosen as the point of reference for the assessment of the status the analysis acquires in Spencer’s work. A comparison of the two editions of The Principles of Psychology reinforces our epistemological reading of a man who, despite his best efforts, could not rid himself of a method whose legitimacy he denied.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0364578