8. Three Views of Society

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Emergence
6. 1. Part and Whole, Resultant and Emergent 9
7. 2. System Emergence and Submergence 26
8. 3. The Systemic Approach 40
9. 4. Semiotic and Communication Systems 53
10. 5. Society and Artefact 70
11. 6. Individualism and Holism: Theoretical 82
12. 7. Individualism and Holism: Practical 97
13. 8. Three Views of Society 112
14. Part II: Convergence
15. 9. Reduction and Reductionism 129
16. 10. A Pack of Failed Reductionist Projects 149
17. 11. Why Integration Succeeds in Social Studies 168
18. 12. Functional Convergence: The Case of Mental Functions 179
19. 13. Stealthy Convergence: Rational-choice Theory and Hermeneutics 196
20. 14. Convergence as Confusion: The Case of ‘Maybe’ 213
21. 15. Emergence of Truth and Convergence to Truth 237
22. 16. Emergence of Disease and Convergence of the Biomedical Sciences 250
23. 17. The Emergence of Convergence and Divergence 268
24. Glossary 285
25. References 293
26. Index of Names 315
27. Index of Subjects 323