Editing Émile Durkheim (section)

===Gilbert pro Durkheim===
[[Margaret Gilbert]], a contemporary British philosopher of social phenomena, has offered a close, sympathetic reading of Durkheim's discussion of social facts in the first chapter and the prefaces of ''[[The Rules of Sociological Method]]''. In her 1989 book, ''On Social Facts''—the title of which may represent an homage to Durkheim, alluding to his "{{Langx|fr|faits sociaux|label=none}}"—Gilbert argues that some of his statements that may seem to be philosophically untenable are important and fruitful.<ref>[[Margaret Gilbert|Gilbert, Margaret]]. 1989. ''On Social Facts''. chap. 4, s.2.</ref>