Short Maintenance Period

I have to update the SSL Certificate. This will require the site to be down for 24 hours sometime over the next few days. Unfortunately I cannot specify when. That is up to the certificate provider. Sorry for any inconvenience. Bob

Swansong Full Version

Stuart Reeves suggested it would be helpful if a complete version of Swansong could be made available. I have included it along with the listing of listing of the separate chapters. You can reach it from the link to Swansong on the Books page. Thanks for the...

Re-Launch of Web Site

A new version of the Archive web site has been launched to-day. All the old material has been retained but it is re-organised to provide what I hope is an easier way to find things. There are ‘home’ pages for what I have called “Books” and...

Parsons’ Plenum

We have added a new paper on the relationships between A.N. Whitehead’s philosophy and Parsons’ The Structure of Social Action. This is the product of following a branch line that emerged from a consideration of the issue of “realism” and EMCA....

The Material Subject

We have added an addendum to The Methodology of Third Person Phenomenology which draws upon the philosophy of Samuel Todes to construct a conception of pre-reflective action as part of the constitution of the social actor. This addendum will be folded into the main...

Action at a Distance

We have added a late proof of Action at a Distance published by Routledge in 2018. As indicated on the link, please cite and quote from the published version of the book.

A Celebration for Wes

Recently a number of Wes’ friends, colleagues and students gathered to mark and celebrate Wes’ contribution to the disciplines of Ethnomethodology, Sociology and Philosophy by presenting him with a festschrift. As you can see from the picture below, he was...