{"product_id":"rationality-isbn-9780631099000","title":"Rationality","description":"\u003ci\u003eRationality\u003c\/i\u003e contains a selection of the best contemporary writing on one of the central issues in the philosophy of social science. The contributors address themselves to questions which have increasingly become the subject of a many-sided debate between philosophers, sociologists and anthropologists: How are we to understand the beliefs and actions of other men in other cultures? Can we translate the meanings and the reason of one culture into the language of another.\u003cbr\u003e This volume is essential reading for courses on the methodology and philosophy of social science and is so arranged that the student is introduced step by step to the cut and thrust of scholarly debate. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Sociologist's Introduction vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Idea of a Social Science 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Concepts and Society 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Explaining Cargo Cults 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Is Understanding Religion Compatible with Believing? 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Understanding a Primitivb Socibty 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Idea of a Social Science 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 African Traditional Thought and Western Sciencb 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Problem of the Rationality of Magic 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Some Problems About Rationality 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Limits of Irrationality 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Reason and Ritual 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 On Understanding Ritual 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Names 273\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBryan Wilson is the author of Rationality, published by Wiley.   \u003ci\u003eRationality\u003c\/i\u003e contains a selection of the best contemporary writing on one of the central issues in the philosophy of social science. The contributors address themselves to questions which have increasingly become the subject of a many-sided debate between philosophers, sociologists and anthropologists: How are we to understand the beliefs and actions of other men in other cultures? Can we translate the meanings and the reason of one culture into the language of another.\u003cbr\u003e This volume is essential reading for courses on the methodology and philosophy of social science and is so arranged that the student is introduced step by step to the cut and thrust of scholarly debate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989914206437,"sku":"NP9780631099000","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631099000.jpg?v=1761785888","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/rationality-isbn-9780631099000","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}