| Description |
xvii, 243 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. A Distinct Science for a Distinct Species. Sociology's Fragility. Nature's Revenge. Equality at What Price? The Interpreting Self and the Meaningful Society -- 2. Other Animal Species and Us. Social Theory and the Second Biological Revolution. The Case for Other Animals. What Sociobiology Teaches Us. Tertiary Rules and Human Choice -- 3. Mind, Self, Society, and Computer. Respect for Machines. The Human Essence Test. Software Intelligence. Hardware Intelligence. Computers, Humans, and Rules -- 4. Putting Nature First. The Environmental Impulse. Animal Rights and Human Imagination. Deep Ecology. Gaia. The Computer in the Woods -- 5. The Post-modern Void. Between the Sacred and the Profane. Beneath the Sacred and the Profane. Information Versus Meaning. Algorithmic Justice. A World Safe for Systems -- 6. Social Science as a Way of Knowing. The Two Faces of Social Science. Methodological Pluralism. Sociological Realism. Social Science as a Vocation. Is Sociology Necessary? -- 7. Society on Its Own Terms. Competing Metaphors. What Social Institutions Are For. Philosophical Anthropology Revisited. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index. |
| Subject |
Sociology -- Methodology.
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Social sciences -- Methodology.
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Sociobiology.
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Human ecology.
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Computers -- Social aspects.
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| Indexed Term |
Sociology |
| ISBN |
0520080130 alkaline paper |
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