The Sociopolitical Context of Philosophical Beliefs
A Transhistorical Causal Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2553250 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dean K Simonton (0000-0002-7709-7977, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 513 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2576278 |
| OpenAlex | W4245416988 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This paper applies a quasi-experimental design to the problem of the causal relation between intellectual and political movements. A sample of 122 consecutive “generations” (or 20-year periods) was drawn from European history (540 B.C. to 1900 A.D.). A cross-lagged correlation analysis indicated the following intergenerational influences: (1) political fragmentation has a positive impact on the emergence of empiricism, skepticism-criticism-fideism, materialism, temporalism, nominalism, singularism, and the ethics of happiness; (2) war has a negative impact on the appearance of most of these just mentioned beliefs; (3) skepticism-criticism-fideism and perhaps materialism have a positive influence on the appearance of war; and (4) civil disturbances tend to polarize beliefs on all major philosophical issues
Context (archaeology) · Criticism · Empiricism · Epistemology · Happiness · Historical materialism · Marxist philosophy · Materialism · Philosophical analysis · Political science · Politics · Relation (database) · Skepticism · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1976 - 1998 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |