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Language, Form, and Inquiry : Arthur F. Bentley's Philosophy of Social Science
author
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Ward, James F.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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0870234250
print isbn13
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9780870234255
ebook isbn13
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9780585233697
language
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English
subject
Bentley, Arthur Fisher,--1870-1957, Social sciences--Philosophy.
publication date
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1984
lcc
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H59.B44W37 1984eb
ddc
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300/.1
subject
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Bentley, Arthur Fisher,--1870-1957, Social sciences--Philosophy.
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Language, Form, and Inquiry
Arthur F. Bentley's Philosophy of Social Science
James F. Ward
The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst, 1984
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Copyright 1984 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Ward, James F., 1947 Language, form, and inquiry. Bibliography: p. Includes index. I. Bentley, Arthur Fisher, 18701957. 2. Social sciencesPhilosophy. I. Title. H59.B44W37 1984 300'.I 83-18006 ISBN 0-87023-425-0
Publication of this book was assisted by the American Council of Learned Societies under a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Contents
Preface
ix
1 Introduction: Philosophy and Social Science
1
2 The Intellectual Matrix of Bentley's Social Science
15
3 The Process of Government and the Reconstruction of Social Science
45
4 The Group Interpretation of Politics
77
5 Social Science and the Problem of Knowledge
107
6 The Logic of Scientific Inquiry
129
7 Bentley's Behavioral Science
161
8 Pragmatism as Behavioral Naturalism
195
9 Conclusion: Inquiry and the Limits of Form
217
Appendix: The Arthur F. Bentley Manuscript Collections
235
Notes
239
Bibliography
261
Index
271
Page vii
Acknowledgments
Some of the material in this book has appeared in different form in the American Journal of Political Science (1978) and the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (1981). I am grateful to the editors of these journals and to the University of Texas Press and the Clinical Psychology Publishing Company respectively for permission to reprint.
My debts are few but deep. Professor Frank Grace of the University of Michigan, to whom this book is dedicated, has shaped my thinking more decisively than anyone else. Professor Judith N. Shklar of Harvard University helped me refine a number of my thoughts on Bentley. I would like to thank Professor Sidney Ratner of Rutgers University and Mr. Jules Altman for their permission to make use of the Bentley manuscript collections housed in the Lilly Library, Indiana University, as well as for their informative reminiscences of Bentley. Ms. Saundra Taylor, Curator of Manuscripts for the Lilly Library, was invaluable during my research there. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Richard Martin and Ms. Pam Campbell of the University of Massachusetts Press for their assistance.
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Preface
Arthur F. Bentley has an honored, if misunderstood, place in the history of American academic political science, but his true stature as a philosopher of social science has never been properly recognized. In this study I propose to recover Bentley's teaching through a critical examination of his work as a whole and to present his views as accurately as possible. I do not speak for myself or present my own views on most of the issues with which his work is concerned. Moreover, I do not suggest that social science should be reoriented along Bentleyan lines. My belief that his views merit patient study and serious consideration does not entail their advocacy. Rather, I mean to clarify the central issues in Bentley's work and to explore his teaching on its own terms. I do not claim to know better than Bentley what social science should be and I have not attempted to correct his mistakes in the light of some superior teaching. This does not mean that he is beyond criticism or that his enterprise was successful. As I see it, the only proper basis for such assessments must be a correct account of his teaching. This study is not the last word on Bentley or on the basic problems of social science. I am not convinced that all philosophical issues in social science can or must be addressed through the study of Bentley. Recognition of the limits of his enterprise is as necessary to an adequate grasp of it as recognition of his own intentions.
There are several claims I want to make for Bentley's work. I believe that his writing constitutes one of the most profound and penetrating bodies of reflection on the nature and problems of social science available to us. It deserves to be considered as such by students of the history and philosophy of social science. The most important
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