Language, form, and inquiry : Arthur F. Bentley's philosophy of social science

Language, Form, and Inquiry
	Contents
	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	1— Introduction: Philosophy and Social Science
		The Philosophic Character of Social Science
		The Structure of Bentley\'s Teaching
	2— The Intellectual Matrix of Bentley\'s Social Science
		Bentley\'s Early Years
		The Proper Study of Society
		First Methodological Writings
		Bentley\'s Early Career
	3— The Process of Government and the Reconstruction of Social Science
		From Politics to Methodology
		Mental Properties and Social Interpretation
		Ideas, Ideals, and Progress
		The Psychological Turn in American Social Science
	4— The Group Interpretation of Politics
		The Basis of the Group Interpretation
		The Group Theory and American Politics
			The legislature
			Law and judiciary
			Democracy
		Values, Interests, and Social Science
	5— Social Science and the Problem of Knowledge
		\"Knowledge and Society\"
		The New Physics and Social Science
		Leading Ideas of Bentley\'s Social Science
		Categories and Foundation Problems
	6— The Logic of Scientific Inquiry
		Social Science and Mathematics
		The Linguistic Structure of Mathematics
		Bentley\'s Semantic Analysis
		Semantic Analysis and the Sciences
	7— Bentley\'s Behavioral Science
		Linguistic Analysis of Psychology
		Critique of Behaviorism
		Bentley\'s \"Floating Cosmology\"
		Observation and Theory
		Bentley\'s Behavioral Science
		Objects and Individuals
	8— Pragmatism as Behavioral Naturalism
		Bentley\'s Critique of Logical Positivism
		The Defense of Pragmatism
		Behavioral Naturalism and the Theory of Inquiry
		Logic and Truth
		Bentley\'s Last Years
	9— Conclusion: Inquiry and the Limits of Form
		Social Science and Philosophy
		The Limits of Form
	Appendix— The Arthur F. Bentley Manuscript Collections
	Notes
		Preface
		1— Introduction
		2— The Intellectual Matrix of Bentley\'s Social Science
		3— The Process of Government and the Reconstruction of Social Science
		4— The Group Interpretation of Politics
		5— Social Science and the Problem of Knowledge
		6— The Logic of Scientific Inquiry
		7— Bentley\'s Behavioral Science
		8— Pragmatism as Behavioral Naturalism
		9— Conclusion: Inquiry and the Limits of Form
	Bibliography
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