The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason

Title Page......Page 2
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Part One: Scientism......Page 12
I. The Influence of the Natural Sciences on the Social Sciences......Page 14
II. The problem and the method of the Natural Sciences......Page 18
III. The Subjective Character of the Data......Page 26
IV. The Individualist and Compositive Method......Page 37
V. The Objectism of the Scientistic Approach......Page 45
VI. The Collectivism of the Scientistic Approach......Page 54
VII. The Historicism of the Scientistic Approach......Page 65
VIII. Purposive Social Formations......Page 81
IX. Conscious Direction and the Growth of Reason......Page 88
X. Engineers and Planners......Page 95
Part Two: The Counter-Revolution of Science......Page 104
I. The Souce of the Scientistic Hubris......Page 106
The Accourcheur D'Didees: Henri de Saint-Simon......Page 118
III. Social Physics: Saint-Simon and Comte......Page 130
IV. The Religion of the Engineers......Page 144
V. Saint-Simonian Influence......Page 157
VI. Sociology: Comte and His Successors......Page 169
Part Three: Comte and Hegel......Page 190
I Comte and Hegel......Page 192
Notes......Page 208
Index......Page 252