Concept Formation in the Humanities and the Social Sciences
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by Tadeusz Pawlowski.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1980
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(252 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Synthese library, 144.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
One: Methods of Concept Formation --;I. Metrical Concepts and Measurement in the Humanities --;II. Concepts with Family Meanings in the Humanities --;III. Persuasive Function of Language --;Two: Applications --;A. Aesthetics and Art Theory --;IV. Informational Aesthetics --;V. The Concept of Kitsch --;VI. The Concept of Happening --;VII. Interpretation of Art Works --;VIII. Beauty and its Socio-Psychological Determinants --;B. Social Sciences --;IX. The Concept of Indicator in the Social Sciences --;X. Semiotic Theory of Culture --;XI. Theory of Questions and its Applications in the Social Sciences --;Author Index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Efforts to fmd ways of formulating empirically testable, operational criteria for the application of concepts, especially concepts which refer to objects directly not observable, like dispositions, attitudes, character or personality traits. In the first part some general methods of concept formation are presented and their merits discussed.