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Scientism and values,

Author: Helmut Schoeck; James W Wiggins
Publisher: Princeton, N.J., Van Nostrand [1960]
Series: William Volker Fund series in the humane studies.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Schoeck, Helmut.
Scientism and values.
Princeton, N.J., Van Nostrand [1960]
(OCoLC)579406666
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Helmut Schoeck; James W Wiggins
OCLC Number: 166111
Description: 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: ch. 1. Social science and the problem of value / by W.H. Werkmeister --
ch. 2. Objectivity and social science / by W.T. Couch --
ch. 3. Science and the studies of man / by Eliseo Vivas --
ch. 4. Concealed rhetoric in scientistic sociology / by Richard M. Weaver --
ch. 5. Fiduciary responsibility and the improbability principle / by James W. Wiggins --
ch. 6. Knowledge: unused and misused / by Helmut Schoeck --
ch. 7. Scientism in the writing of history / by Pieter Geyl --
ch. 8. The mantle of science / by Murray N. Rothbard --
ch. 9. Growth, in biology and in education / by Ralph W. Lewis --
ch. 10. The psychopathology of scientism / by Ludwig von Bertalanffy --
ch. 11. Social science versus the obsession of "scientism" / by Robert Strausz-Hupé --
ch. 12. Social science as autonomous activity / by Henry S. Kariel.
Series Title: William Volker Fund series in the humane studies.
Responsibility: edited by Helmut Schoeck and James W. Wiggins.

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