Sociology and Plato's Republic. Part I
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2196123 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Albion W Small (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1925 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 513-533 |
| Publication date | 1925-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/213737 |
| OpenAlex | W4241041492 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
As a sample of dialectic, The Republic is the foremost exhibit of what sociology is not. One section of the sociologists rate everybody as a sociologist who has thought about social relations. This paper represents the view that those only are sociologists who practice a method which is in diametrical constrast with dialectic. Plato did not regard The Republic as a treatise on political science or sociology but as an inquiry in moral philosophy. The Platonic method was an attempt to establish truth by arriving at consistency between concepts or propositions. The scientific method is an attempt to discover truths by observing uniformities of cause and effect in the objective world
Consistency (knowledge bases) · Dialectic · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · The Republic · Education and Islamic Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |