The Epistemology of Pure Sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7103056 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald Black, Donald W Black (0000-0001-8038-1971, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 829-829 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Social Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0897-6546 • E-ISSN: 1747-4469 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/492525 |
| OpenAlex | W4230709042 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
Sociologists lack clarity and consensus about their scholarly mission. Some are purely and coldly scientific, some morally or politically critical, and some warmly or sentimentally humanistic. Their ultimate concerns include the True, the Good, and the Beautiful. Others are not explicit or even self-conscious about what they seek to accomplish, and still others combine various styles—scientific, critical, and humanistic—and are difficult or impossible to classify at all. Their discourse is cacophonous. The utterances of some are uninteresting to others, and their assessments of one another commonly seem completely misdirected
CLARITY · Epistemology · Humanism · Political science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |