Excerpt from Sociological Papers, Vol. 2

The present volume comprises the papers read before the Sociological Society, and the discussions thereon, during its second Session (i.e., October, 1904, to June, 1905). For the compilation of the present volume, as of the previous one, the Society has been fortunate enough to secure the co-operation of many eminent authorities, both at home and abroad, and these, moreover, representative of many points of view. The international character of the previous volume is thus maintained - a point which while valuable in all the sciences is vital in sociology. The complexity of sociological problems, however, derives not only from national and social differences, but also from methodological differences, and those inherent in the character of the scientific data themselves. The approaches to sociology being so numerous and varied, it follows that their co-ordination and synthesis are only to be achieved by adequate recognition of each. The work of the Sociological Society, in its early stages, may be regarded as affording means for the concrete illustration of these various approaches by investigators and thinkers of known competence.

Definitely to characterise the papers in this volume as illustrative of particular approaches to sociology might be unfair to their authors and misleading to the readers.

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