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Ernest Gellner - A Great European: In Memoriam Professor Ernest Gellner
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Abstract The 20th-century sociologist Ernest Gellner is eulogized. Gellner's intellectual background is traced through his studies in philosophy & economics, & the influence of the work of Karl Popper on his career is considered. It is proposed that Popper's critical rationalism & anthropological functionali... mehr
The 20th-century sociologist Ernest Gellner is eulogized. Gellner's intellectual background is traced through his studies in philosophy & economics, & the influence of the work of Karl Popper on his career is considered. It is proposed that Popper's critical rationalism & anthropological functionalism were an important foundation for Gellner & his intellectual thought. Gellner believed that science was the most reliable system to understand the human race; his fundamental philosophy was a strong devotion to empiricism that would allow for boundless progress.... weniger
Klassifikation
Philosophie, Theologie
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Intellectual History; Anthropologists; 20th-century sociologist Ernest Gellner, intellectual foundation/philosophy; eulogy;; Sociologists; History of Sociology
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
1996
Seitenangabe
S. 97-99
Zeitschriftentitel
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 4 (1996) 1
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung