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01 Jan 1970
TL;DR: On the Logic of the Social Sciences as discussed by the authors has been a standard reference point for students of the philosophy of the social sciences in Germany for more than two decades, and it still stands as a unique and masterful guide to the major problems and possibilities in this field.
Abstract: For two decades the German edition of this book has been a standard reference point for students of the philosophy of the social sciences in Germany. Today it still stands as a unique and masterful guide to the major problems and possibilities in this field.On the Logic of the Social Sciences foreshadowed the direction in which methodological discussions have traveled since it appeared and anticipated the problems they presently face. Habermas's statement of the principal issues is concise and elegant, and his own original resolution of them is of continuing relevance. He considers the main lines of thought pursued by epistemologists and methodologists of the social sciences, from neo-Kantianism to behaviorism, and from problems of measurement to those of interpretive logic, in a sustained and provocative argument that involves analysis and critique at every point and ends with his own sharply profiled position.Beginning with the turn of the century debates on the distinction between natural and cultural sciences, Habermas discusses the relationship between sociology and history. He takes up the problem of a general theory of social action, focusing first on the nature of "interpretive understanding" and then on the scope and limits of functionalist explanation. In the concluding sections, he draws on psychoanalysis and classical social theory to sketch the outlines of his view of sociology as a critical theory of the present. Along the way he provides a great deal of material that is useful in understanding his own work.Jurgen Habermas is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt. On the Logic of the Social Sciences is included in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought, edited by Thomas McCarthy.

577 citations



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TL;DR: One group of adult education programmerso decided to challenge the assumption that death education would not attract enough participants to justify offering it and deliberately placed fear of death and the taboo about matters related to death on the curriculum agenda of a church-sponsored educative series entitled “On Meeting Death.”
Abstract: THOSE who would offer death education are faced with a major dilemma: Will persons participate in death education? On the one hand, popular opinion, backed by research findings (Feifel, 1963), seems to consider death a taboo topic for conversation and investigation. It would appear that this taboo extends to educational consideration of death. On the other hand, based on both educational theory (Knox and Videbeck, 1966) and crisis theory (Caplan, 1964), death education can enable persons to increase their competency to deal with the critical event of death. With considerable hesitation and some skepticism, one group of adult education programmerso decided to challenge the assumption that death education would not attract enough participants to justify offering it. They deliberately placed fear of death and the taboo about matters related to death on the curriculum agenda of a church-sponsored educative series entitled “On Meeting Death.” In so doing, members of the committee hypothesized that the strength of the fear of death and the taboo of the topic would be outweighed by the desire to participate in an educative series on meeting death. Previous educational series offered by this committee had dealt with more conventional topics such as the use of leisure time and economics for retired persons. These previous programs had averaged approximately 100 participants. For programming purposes, the committee which developed the “On Meeting Death series hypothesized that an average of fifty or less adults would attend the five programs in the series.

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TL;DR: In fact, the basic aim of the sanction is not only any more to dissuade criminals from recidivism, but to rehabilitate them and prepare them to face society again and be reintegrated in it among the righteous and virtuous as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: “Punir ni plus qu’il n’est juste, ni plus qu’il n’est utile” This old and famous French adage seems to have become the motto adopted in relation to penalty sanction. In fact, “the basic aim of the sanction is not only any more to dissuade criminals from recidivism, but to rehabilitate them and prepare them to face society again and be reintegrated in it among the righteous and virtuous” (Becheraoui, n.d., in Arabic).

2 citations