Antoine-Augustin Cournot as a Sociologist
The thinking of Antoine-Augustin Cournot has inspired a growing literature in economy and epistemology, but as of yet, his sociological thought has not been explicitly discussed and contextualized within the discipline. From the 1850s to the end of the 18
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Antoine-Augustin Cournot as a Sociologist
Robert Leroux
Antoine-Augustin Cournot as a Sociologist
Robert Leroux University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada
ISBN 978-3-030-04686-6 ISBN 978-3-030-04687-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04687-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018962026 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Contents
1 Context and General Ideas of the Book 1 2 The Necessity of History 25 3 Epistemological Issues 47 4 Action, Rationalism and Social Change 71 5 The Study of the Social Milieu 97 6 Cournot and the French Sociological Tradition 127 Conclusion 149 Bibliography 153 Index 163
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Introduction
For a quarter of a century now, and more particularly over the last decade, the thinking of Antoine-Augustin Cournot has inspired a growing literature embodied in two types of works. First, we find a number of studies by economists, published for the most part in scientific journals, which are often of considerable technical value with their proposals for concrete application of the economic models that Cournot developed primarily in his early writings. Then come the studies that spring from the history of ideas and epistemology: these are entirely devoted to a particular facet of Cournot’s work, either to place it in its scientific context or to discuss it on the basis of fundamental cognitive issues. It is this second perspective that is adopted in this book. It is impossible here to summarize or synthesize the thinking of Cournot, which would be far too vast an un
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