Tsilipakos, Leonidas. <br/><br/>
Clarity and confusion in social theory :  taking concepts seriously / 
Leonidas Tsilipakos. 
 - 1 online resource (187 pages) 
 - Philosophy and method in the social sciences .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index. 
<br/><br/>	Cover; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Sociology and Ordinary Language Philosophy: A Dialogue; 2 What Achilles said to Hempel: Unrealistic Restrictions and the Idea of Explanation as a Matter of Form; 3 Ordinary Language Philosophy as Logic; 4 Ontological Confusion in Social Theory; 5 Continuing Ontological Confusion: The Constitution and Application of an Ontological Scheme; 6 Some Problems with 'The Problem of Structure and Agency'; Conclusion; Postscript; References; Index. 
<br/><br/> Making use of the insights and practice of Ordinary Language Philosophy, understood as encompassing the work of Wittgenstein, Ryle, Austin and their followers, Clarity and Confusion in Social Theory reveals the profound logical flaws in some of the central methodological procedures often employed in social theory for dealing with concepts, offering alternative approaches to social scientists and philosophers for tackling the conceptual issues that have so bedevilled social science from its inception. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781472432414 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014029208 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology--Philosophy.<br/>Social sciences--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM585  / .T76 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>301.01