Michael A. Faia

Dynamic Functionalism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Michael Faia challenges the view that functionalism should be rejected.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 491g
• ISBN-13: 9780521326575
• ISBN-10: 0521326575
• Artikelnr.: 27244377

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Preface
Part I. Allegations, Definitions, and Illustrations: 1. A kindly critique of Kingsley Davis
2. The incest taboo: social selection as a form of feedback
3. Exemplary exercises in survivorship
4. The nature, determinants, and consequences of time-series processes
Part II. Adaptive Structures and Social Processes: 5. Patterns of Adaptation
6. Processes, simulations, and investigations
Part III. L'envoi: 7. Toward an integrated social science paradigm
Appendix
Notes
References
Index.