Author: Mandelbaum, Maurice
Title: Purpose and Necessity in Social Theory
Description: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, (1987). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, ix, 197 pp. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Introduction: The Analysis of Social Theories; Individualistic & Institutional Theories: Individualistic Theories of Purpose & Necessity: On Purpose in Individualistic Theories; Three Types of Necessitarian Explanation; Necessity & Purpose in Institutional Theories: Developmental Laws & Patterns of Directional Change; Other Social Laws; Theories of Functional Necessity; Necessity, Chance & Choice: Determinism & Chance; Determinism & Choice; The Determinants of Choice; The Moral Implications of Determinism; The Effectiveness of Choice; Necessity, Chance & Choice in Human Affairs.

Keywords: Social Theory, Philosophy, Choice, Change, Chance, Necessity, , ,