Models of man : philosophical thoughts on social action / Martin Hollis.
Hollis, Martin| Call Number | 128 |
| Author | Hollis, Martin, author. |
| Title | Models of man : philosophical thoughts on social action / Martin Hollis. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (ix, 161 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | Cambridge philosophy classics |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2016). |
| Contents | Models -- Plastic man -- Nature and nurture -- The regularity of the moral world -- Autonomous man -- Life 2019 ; short comedy -- Personal identity and social identity -- Elements of action -- Purposes, intentions and rules -- Reasons and motives -- Other minds -- The rational and the real -- Ideal understanding -- Envoi: actor and context. |
| Summary | All social theorists and philosophers who seek to explain human action have a 'model of man'; a metaphysical view of human nature that requires its own theory of scientific knowledge. In this influential book, Martin Hollis examines the tensions that arise from the differing views of sociologists, economists and psychologists. He then develops a rationalist model of his own which connects personal and social identity through a theory of rational action and a priori knowledge, allowing humans to both act freely and still be a subject for scientific explanation. Presented in a fresh series livery and including a specially commissioned preface written by Geoffrey Hawthorn, Hollis's important work is made available to a new generation of readers. |
| Subject | Human beings. SOCIAL ACTION. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | All social theorists and philosophers who seek to explain human action have a 'model of man'; a metaphysical view of human nature that requires its own theory of scientific knowledge. In this influential book, Martin Hollis examines the tensions that arise from the differing views of sociologists, economists and psychologists. He then develops a rationalist model of his own which connects personal and social identity through a theory of rational action and a priori knowledge, allowing humans to both act freely and still be a subject for scientific explanation. Presented in a fresh series livery and including a specially commissioned preface written by Geoffrey Hawthorn, Hollis's important work is made available to a new generation of readers. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2016). |
| Contents | Models -- Plastic man -- Nature and nurture -- The regularity of the moral world -- Autonomous man -- Life 2019 ; short comedy -- Personal identity and social identity -- Elements of action -- Purposes, intentions and rules -- Reasons and motives -- Other minds -- The rational and the real -- Ideal understanding -- Envoi: actor and context. |
| Subject | Human beings. SOCIAL ACTION. |
| Multimedia |