Discovery and Explanation in Sociology: Durkheim on Suicide

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Agassi, Joseph (1963) 'Towards an Historiography of Science', History and Theory, Beiheft 2, Middletown.

Cowan, C.L. , and F. Reines (1956) 'Detection of the Free Neutrino: A Confirmation' , Science, 124, (I3 July), 103-4.

Cresswell, Peter (1972) 'Interpretations of Suicide', British Journal of Sociology, 23 (June), 133-45.

Dohrenwend, Bruce (1959) 'Egoism, Altruism, Anomie and Fatalism: A Conceptual Analysis of Durkheim's Types', American Sociological Review , 24 (August), 466-73.

Douglas, Jack (1967) The Social Meanings of Suicide. Princeton.

Duhem, Pierre (1968) To Save the Phenomena. Trans. by Edmund Deland and Chaninah Maschler, Chicago.

Durkheim, Emile (1888) 'Suicide et natalité. Etude de statistique morale ', Revue Philosophique 26 (Juillet à Decembre), 446-61.

Durkheim, Emile (1893, 1933) The Division of Labour in Society . Trans. by G. Simpson, New York.

Durkheim, Emile (1895, 1938) Rules of the Sociological Method . Trans. by S. A. Solvay and J. H. Mueller, and edited by George E. G. Catlin , New York.

10.

Durkheim, Emile (1897, 1951) Suicide. A Study in Sociology . Trans. by J. A. Spaulding and G. Simpson, New York.

11.

Durkheim, Emile (1912, 1915) The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. Trans. by Joseph Ward Swain, New York.

12.

Feyerabend, Paul K. (1964) 'Realism and Instrumentalism: Comments on the Logic of Factual Support', pp. 280-308, in Mario Bunge (ed.), The Critical Approach to Science and Philosophy, New York.

13.

Gibbs, Jack and Walter T. Martin (1958) 'A Theory of Status Integration and its Relationship to Suicide', American Sociological Review , 23 (April), 140-7.

14.

Gibbs, Jack and Walter T. Martin (1964) Status Integration and Suicide , Oregon.

15.

Giddens, Anthony (1965) 'The Suicide Problem in French Sociology', British Journal of Sociology 16 (March), 3-18.

16.

Gordon, Robert A. (1967) 'Issues in the Ecological Study of Delinquency' , American Sociological Review, 32 (December), 927-44.

17.

Gordon, Robert A. (1968) 'On the Interpretation of Oblique Factors', American Sociological Review, 33 (August), 601-20.

18.

Hanson, N.R. (1958) Patterns of Discovery, Cambridge .

19.

Hanson, N.R. (1961) 'Is There a Logic of Discovery ?', pp. 20-35, in H. Feigel and G. Maxwell (eds.), Current Issues in the Philosophy of Science, New York.

20.

Hanson, N.R. (1963) The Concept of the Positron, Cambridge.

21.

Huff, Toby E. (1973) 'Theoretical Innovation in Science: The Case of William F. Ogburn', American Journal of Sociology, 79 (September), 261-77.

22.

Huff, Toby E. (1974) 'Is a Theory of Sociocultural Process Possible Without Reference to "Civilizational Complexes"?', Sociological Analysis, 35, #2; 85-94.

23.

Johnson, Barclay (1965) 'Durkheim's One Cause of Suicide', American Sociological Review, 30 (December), 875-86.

24.

Koyré, Alexandre (1965) Newtonian Studies, Cambridge .

25.

Kuhn, Thomas (1970) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Second Edition, Enlarged, Chicago. LaCapra, Dominick (1972) Emile Durkheim. Sociologist and Philosopher, Ithaca .

26.

Lachenmeyer, Charles W. (1971) The Language of Sociology, New York.

27.

Lander, Bernard (1967) 'Ecological Studies of Delinquency: A Rejoinder to Robert A. Gordon', American Sociological Review, 33 (August), 594-7.

28.

Lazarsfeld, Paul F. and Morris Rosenberg (eds.) (1955) The Language of Social Research, New York.

29.

Lukes, Steven (1972) Emile Durkheim. His Life and Work. A Historical and Critical Study, New York.

30.

Madge, John (1962) The Origins of Scientific Sociology, New York.

31.

Martin, Walter T. (1968) 'Theories of Variation in the Suicide Rate', pp. 74-96, in Gibbs (ed.), Suicide, New York.

32.

Mazur, Allan (1968) 'The Littlest Science', American Sociologist, 3 (August), 195-200.

33.

Merton, Robert K. (1968) Social Theory and Social Structure, Enlarged Edition, New York. Morselli, Henry (1882) Suicide: An Essay on Moral Statistics, New York .

34.

Nisbet, Robert (1974) The Sociology of Emile Durkheim, New York.

35.

Park, Peter (1968) Sociology, Tomorrow, New York .

36.

Parsons, Talcott , Edward Shils , Kaspar D. Naesele , and Jesse R. Pitts (eds.) (1961) Theories of Society, New York.

37.

Peirce, Charles S. (1931-5) Collected Papers, 8 volumes, Cambridge.

38.

Poggi, Gianfranco (1972) Images of Society, Stanford .

39.

Popper, Karl (1959) The Logic of Scientific Discovery, New York.

40.

Popper, Karl (1968) Conjectures and Refutations, New York.

41.

Riley, Matilda (1963) Sociological Research. A Case Approach, New York.

42.

Selvin, Hanan (1958) 'Durkheim's Suicide and Problems of Empirical Research ', American Journal of Sociology, 63 (May), 607-19.

43.

Selvin, Hanan (1965) 'Durkheim's Suicide: Further Thoughts on a Methodological Classic'. pp. 113-41, in Robert Nisbet (ed.), Emile Durkheim, Englewood Cliffs.

44.

Wallace, Walter L. (1971) The Logic of Scicnce in Sociology, Chicago.

45.

Wallwork, Ernest (1972) Durkheim. Morality and Milieu, Cambridge.