{"product_id":"durkheim-bernard-and-epistemology-9780415847148","title":"Durkheim, Bernard and Epistemology","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Q. Hirst\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Epistemology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis title, first published in 1975, contains two complimentary studies by Paul Q. Hirst: the first based on Claude Bernard's theory of scientific knowledge, and the second concerning Emile Durkheim's attempt to provide a philosophical foundation for a scientific sociology in \u003cem\u003eThe Rules of Sociological Method\u003c\/em\u003e. The author's primary concern is to answer the question: is Durkheim's theory of knowledge logically consistent and philosophically viable? His principal conclusion is that the epistemology developed in the \u003cem\u003eRules \u003c\/em\u003eis an impossible one and that its inherent contradictions are proof that sociology as it is commonly understood can never be a scientific discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45236222689431,"sku":"9780415847148","price":3984.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415847148.webp?v=1769212312","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/durkheim-bernard-and-epistemology-9780415847148","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}