Lewontin & Levin's book THE DIALECTICAL BIOLOGIST presents a good critique of methodological individualism and other forms of reductionism. It's not only that individuals create the whole but that the whole "makes" the individuals, determining (or over-determining) their character. I would add: it's a dynamic process, operating in historical time.
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Lakshmi Rhone <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm an avid reader of Daniel Little's website. He is a brilliant and > massively erudite writer. > Just quickly: I would want to challenge some of Professor Little's > methodological commitments on the basis of > 1. Kaushik Basu's recent critque of methodogical individualism > 2. Bowles and Gintis' recent work on the cooperative species > 3. Chrisofakis' critiques of individualism and the stability of preferences > on the basis of the recent sociology of networks (see his co-written book > Connected) > 4. even Karl Popper's old argument for the autonomy of sociology vis-a-vis > psychology in the Open Society book > Lot to think through here, but I'm at old computer, and about to talk a long > walk with family in the mountains. > Bye > LR > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
