Is sociology the science of the irrational? Conceptions of rationality in sociological theory
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The role of the concept of rationality in sociological theory is explored. The exploration is prompted by widely held views, especially among economists and rational choice theorists, that classical sociology is the science of the irrational lacking a conception of rationality.
Publication Name: American Sociologist
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0003-1232
Year: 2005
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The question of mathematical social theory revisited: some methodological considerations
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The neoclassical economics play a very important role in the field of mathematical social and sociological studies. Emulations of the neoclassical economies methods have resulted in many misapplications and may not provide a mathematical rationale choice model.
Publication Name: American Sociologist
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0003-1232
Year: 2003
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The most cherished myth: Puritanism and liberty reconsidered and revised
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The article re-examines and confirms sociologists' assertion that the affinity between Protestantism or Calvinist Puritanism and liberty or liberal-secular democracy and society in Western societies is a 'beloved myth'.
Publication Name: American Sociologist
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0003-1232
Year: 2007
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