ISBN: 9781107113763

By Martin Hollis. Martin Hollis's influential study of human nature continues to be an important and illuminating exploration of human action and identity. What, if anything, causes them … Plus…

By Martin Hollis. Martin Hollis's influential study of human nature continues to be an important and illuminating exploration of human action and identity. What, if anything, causes them so to act?. How can we validly explain the fact that they do in practice act this way and not differently?. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Models of Man by Martin Hollis Martin Hollis's influential study of human nature continues to be an important and illuminating exploration of human action and identity. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery and including a specially commissioned preface written by Geoffrey Hawthorn, this classic work is now available to a new generation of readers. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description All social theorists and philosophers who seek to explain human action have a 'model of man'; a metaphysical view of human nature that requires its own theory of scientific knowledge. In this influential book, Martin Hollis examines the tensions that arise from the differing views of sociologists, economists and psychologists. He then develops a rationalist model of his own which connects personal and social identity through a theory of rational action and a priori knowledge, allowing humans to both act freely and still be a subject for scientific explanation. Presented in a fresh series livery and including a specially commissioned preface written by Geoffrey Hawthorn, Hollis's important work is made available to a new generation of readers. Author Biography Martin Hollis (1938–98) was a philosopher of the social sciences and game theory and is best known for his rationalism. He was Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and eventually Pro-Vice-Chancellor until his death in 1998. Table of Contents Preface to this edition Geoffrey Hawthorn; Preface; 1. Two models; Part I. Plastic Man: 2. Nature and nurture; 3. The regularity of the moral world; Part II. Autonomous Man: 4. Life's short comedy; 5. Personal identity and social identity; 6. Elements of action; Part III. Other Minds: 7. The rational and the real; 8. Ideal understanding; 9. Envoi: actor and context; Bibliography; Index of names. Review '[Hollis's] extremely clear, sharp, witty style … makes the entire book very well worth reading. I find his central point entirely persuasive, and it may well be that his careful and courteous defence of it will be the best way to bring it home to those who still see witchcraft in any suggestion that the world must be explained in different ways for different purposes.' Philosophy'Why do human beings behave in detail exactly as they do and not in some other way? What, if anything, causes them so to act? How can we validly explain the fact that they do in practice act this way and not differently? … It is the distinctive merit of Martin Hollis's exceedingly clever … little book to ram home the priority of these vertiginous metaphysical questions to any intellectually coherent attempt to understand one another, individually or by the gross. Radical interpretation is simply the stuff of human life; and the social sciences are radical interpretation on stilts.' New Society Promotional This classic book is Martin Hollis's influential rationalist account and exploration of human action and identity. Review Quote 'Why do human beings behave in detail exactly as they do and not in some other way? What, if anything, causes them so to act? How can we validly explain the fact that they do in practice act this way and not differently? … It is the distinctive merit of Martin Hollis's exceedingly clever … little book to ram home the priority of these vertiginous metaphysical questions to any intellectually coherent attempt to understand one another, individually or by the gross. Radical interpretation is simply the stuff of human life; and the social sciences are radical interpretation on stilts.' New Society Promotional "Headline" This classic book is Martin Hollis's influential rationalist account and exploration of human action and identity. Description for Bookstore Martin Hollis's influential study of human nature continues to be an important and illuminating exploration of human action and identity. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery and including a specially commissioned preface written by Geoffrey Hawthorn, this classic work is now available to a new generation of readers. Description for Library Martin Hollis's influential study of human nature continues to be an important and illuminating exploration of human action and identity. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery and including a specially commissioned preface written by Geoffrey Hawthorn, this classic work is now available to a new generation of readers. Details ISBN1107113768 Author Martin Hollis Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Philosophy Classics Language English Year 2015 ISBN-10 1107113768 ISBN-13 9781107113763 Format Hardcover Short Title MODELS OF MAN Media Book Affiliation University of East Anglia Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Philosophical Thoughts on Social Action Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 172 Publication Date 2015-10-15 Illustrations 6 Line drawings, black and white UK Release Date 2015-10-15 AU Release Date 2015-10-15 NZ Release Date 2015-10-15 Alternative 9781107534377 DEWEY 361.201 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! 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