On knowing : the social sciences /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McKeon, Richard (Richard Peter), 1900-1985 (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Other Authors:	Owen, David B., 1942- (Compiler, Editor), Olson, Joanne K. (Compiler, Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Social sciences > Philosophy. Liberty > Philosophy. Power (Philosophy) History > Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Lecture 1. Philosophical problems in the social sciences
Lecture 2. Freedom: Method
Discussion. Hobbes
Lecture 3. Freedom: Interpretation
Lecture 4. Freedom: Principle
Discussion. Spinoza
Lecture 5. Freedom: Selection
Lecture 6. Freedom: Selection (Part 2)
Discussion. Kant
Lecture 7. Power: Selection and interpretation
Lecture 8. Power: Interpretation (Part 2) and method
Discussion. Mill, On liberty
Lecture 9. Power: Method (Part 2)
Lecture 10. Power: Principle; and History: Interpretation
Discussion. Machiavelli
Lecture 11. History: Method and principle, and conclusion
Discussion. Review
Appendix A. Class schedule
Appendix B. List of names
Appendix C. One alternate introduction to the course
Appendix D. Schema of philosophic semantics
Appendix E. Reading selections from Hobbes's Leviathan and Philosophical rudiments
Appendix F. Kant, Fundamental principles: three editions with major sections
Appendix G. Mill, On liberty: four editions with major sections' pagination
Appendix H. McKeon notes on freedom and history
Appendix I. Final examination
Appendix J. Semantic profiles of selected Western thinkers
Appendix K. Alternative definitions of freedom, power, and history.