Does Sorokin's Data Support His Theory?: A Study of Generational Fluctuations in Philosophical Beliefs

The question was raised regarding the empirical support for Sorokin's cyclical theory of philosophical, religious, and scientific movements. Transhistorical measures of creativity and philosophical beliefs were used which spanned 122 generations (or 20-year periods) from 540 B.C. to 1900 A.D. i...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simonton, Dean Keith 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1976]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1976, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-198
Further subjects:B Creativity tests
B Religious Practices
B Universal ethical principles
B Correlations
B Empiricism
B Creativity
B Fideism
B Eternalism
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
Volltext (doi)

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 1668145014
003 DE-627
005 20190701113525.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 190701s1976 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.2307/1385362  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1668145014 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1668145014 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)172375711  |0 (DE-627)673412105  |0 (DE-576)13324024X  |4 aut  |a Simonton, Dean Keith  |d 1948- 
109 |a Simonton, Dean Keith 1948-  |a Keith Simonton, Dean 1948-  |a Simonton, Dean K. 1948- 
245 1 0 |a Does Sorokin's Data Support His Theory?  |b A Study of Generational Fluctuations in Philosophical Beliefs  |c Dean Keith Simonton 
264 1 |c [1976] 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a The question was raised regarding the empirical support for Sorokin's cyclical theory of philosophical, religious, and scientific movements. Transhistorical measures of creativity and philosophical beliefs were used which spanned 122 generations (or 20-year periods) from 540 B.C. to 1900 A.D. in Western history. An analysis of non-transformed and first-differenced data indicated that (a) philosophical beliefs form two postively correlated Sensate and Ideational clusters, (b) Sensate times are associated with scientific creativity and Ideational times with religious activity, and (c) these relationships hold solely for immediate generational fluctuations since the time-wise trends for Sensate and Ideational systems are the same. An alternative explanation was proposed which may better fit the data but which casts doubt on Sorokin's forecast of a new Ideational age of religious activity. 
601 |a Philosophie 
650 4 |a Correlations 
650 4 |a Creativity 
650 4 |a Creativity tests 
650 4 |a Empiricism 
650 4 |a Eternalism 
650 4 |a Fideism 
650 4 |a Religious Practices 
650 4 |a Universal ethical principles 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Journal for the scientific study of religion  |d Oxford [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 1961  |g 15(1976), 2, Seite 187-198  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)320634809  |w (DE-600)2024375-3  |w (DE-576)093888538  |x 1468-5906  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:15  |g year:1976  |g number:2  |g pages:187-198 
856 4 0 |u https://www.jstor.org/stable/1385362  |x Resolving-System  |3 Volltext 
856 |u https://doi.org/10.2307/1385362  |x doi  |3 Volltext 
936 u w |d 15  |j 1976  |e 2  |h 187-198 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 3490321081 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1668145014 
LOK |0 005 20190701105338 
LOK |0 008 190701||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixzo  |a rwrk 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL