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- Title
VALUES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES.
- Authors
Geiger, George
- Abstract
More than anyone else, the social scientist should be sensitive to the phenomenon of cultural lag. As a matter of fact, the critical analysis of ceremonialisms and pseudomorphs does enlist a considerable share of his energies. It is a little surprising, then, that one of the most conspicuous cultural hang-overs still plagues social science, just as it haunts natural science and philosophy. This article discusses the dualism between fact and value. According to the author, the dualism between philosophy/values and science/facts has been bequeathed to people, just as has the dichotomy between reality and appearances. It is not some hereditary dislocation. After all, it must not be forgotten that at one time, the ambit of science did not include the stars, or disease and insanity. There were precious and impervious. So latterly, are human values. Institutionalized resistance to the Scientific Revolution could contract but it could not easily disappear.
- Subjects
PHILOSOPHY &; social sciences; DUALISM; VALUES (Ethics); CULTURAL lag; SOCIAL evolution; SOCIAL sciences
- Publication
Journal of Social Issues, 1950, Vol 6, Issue 4, p8
- ISSN
0022-4537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-4560.1950.tb02159.x