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5 days ago · Herbert Spencer, English sociologist, philosopher, and early advocate of the theory of evolution. He advocated the preeminence of the individual over society and of science over religion and is remembered for his doctrine of social Darwinism. His magnum opus was The Synthetic Philosophy (1896).
- Harry Burrows Acton
- In his higher education Herbert Spencer was largely self-taught. He declined an offer from his uncle, the Rev. Thomas Spencer, to send him to the U...
- Herbert Spencer worked briefly as a schoolteacher and was later employed as a railway engineer (1837–41) and as a writer and subeditor (copy editor...
- Herbert Spencer’s major writings included The Proper Sphere of Government (1843), Social Statics (1851), Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physic...
- Herbert Spencer is famous for his doctrine of social Darwinism, which asserted that the principles of evolution, including natural selection, apply...
Sep 27, 2024 · Systems theory, in social science, the study of society as a complex arrangement of elements, including individuals and their beliefs, as they relate to a whole (e.g., a country). The study of society as a social system has a long history in the social sciences.
- Barry Gibson
1 day ago · Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (/ ˈ v eɪ b ər /; German: [maks ˈveːbɐ]; 21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally.
2 days ago · Death, the total cessation of life processes that eventually occurs in all living organisms. The state of human death has always been obscured by mystery and superstition, and its precise definition remains controversial, differing according to culture and legal systems.
4 days ago · Avram Noam Chomsky (/ noʊmˈtʃɒmski / ⓘ nohm CHOM-skee; born December 7, 1928) is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism.
1 day ago · Modern sociology largely originated from this movement, [46] and Hume's philosophical concepts that directly influenced James Madison (and thus the U.S. Constitution), and as popularised by Dugald Stewart was the basis of classical liberalism.
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Sep 20, 2024 · Deconstruction, form of philosophical and literary analysis, derived mainly from work begun in the 1960s by Jacques Derrida, that questions the fundamental conceptual distinctions in Western philosophy through a close examination of the language and logic of philosophical and literary texts.
