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First published 1960

Scientism and Values

by Helmut Schoeck

D. Van Nostrand Company, INC. Princeton, NJ, 1960286 pagesUpdated June 15, 2009

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Author
Helmut Schoeck
First published
1960
Format
PDF
Pages
286
License
Believed to be in the public domain: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and no renewal was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Not independently confirmed.
Shoeck Scientism and Values

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286 pages and 14 chapters in the edition this archive serves.
Is Scientism and Values in the public domain?
Believed so. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years only if someone filed a renewal, and no renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. That is a search result rather than a legal opinion: a renewal filed under a shortened title or a different claimant would not have been found. Some copies carry a rights notice, which records the original claim and does not extend a term that lapsed.
Who wrote Scientism and Values?
Helmut Schoeck (1922–1993) was an Austrian-German sociologist and writer best known for his work Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior. This archive holds 4 of Schoeck's works.

What's in it

14 chapters · page numbers are this file's

  1. Scientism and Valuesp. 1
  2. Introductionp. 9
  3. 1. Social Science and the Problem of Valuep. 17
  4. 2. Objectivity and Social Sciencep. 38
  5. 3. Science and the Studies of Manp. 66
  6. 4. Concealed Rhetoric in Scientistic Sociologyp. 99
  7. 5. Fiduciary Responsibility and the Improbability Principlep. 116
  8. 6. Knowledge: Unused and Misusedp. 135
  9. 7. Scientism in the Writing of Historyp. 160
  10. 8. The Mantle of Sciencep. 175
  11. 9. Growth, in Biology and in Educationp. 197
  12. 10. The Psychopathology of Scientismp. 218
  13. 11. Social Science Versus the Obsession of "Scientism"p. 235
  14. 12. Social Science As Autonomous Activityp. 251

About the author

Helmut Schoeck 1922–1993

Helmut Schoeck (1922–1993) was an Austrian-German sociologist and writer best known for his work Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior. Read more about Helmut Schoeck.

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