Cognitive Relativism And Social Science

Author : Diederick Raven
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000675115

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Cognitive Relativism and Social Science by Diederick Raven Pdf

Modern epistomology has been dominated by an empiricist theory of knowledge that assumes a direct individualistic relationship between the knowing subject and the object of knowledge. Truth is held to be universal, and non-individualistic social and cultural factors are considered sources of distortion of true knowledge. Since the late 1950s, this view has been challenged by a cognitive relativism asserting that what is true is socially conditioned. This volume examines the far-reaching implications of this development for the social sciences.Recently, cognitive relativism has become a key issue of debate in anthropology, philosophy, and sociology. In anthropology this is illustrated by a growing awareness of the similarity of all systems of knowledge. In philosophy it is exemplified by the realization that traditional monolithic and absolutist concepts of truth have increasingly lost any power to make sense and to convince. In sociology it is visible in a renewal of interest in a general sociology of knowledge. Yet, in spite of this convergence of interests, practitioners of these three disciplines have on the whole shown no inclination to reach a consensus on the terms of reference that could facilitate an interdisciplinary approach.Cognitive Relativism and Social Science aims to do just this. It is a working assumption of this volume that, as far as the subject of cognitive relativism is concerned, anthropologists, philosophers, and sociologists should join forces rather than try to deal with the challenges of cognitive relativism within strictly imposed boundaries that normally separate academic disciplines. Only when they work together will it be possible to treat the problems posed by cognitive relativism in an adequate way. This volume provides the results of attempts to communicate on cognitve relativism across disciplinary boundaries. This is must reading in the philosophy of social science and in social research theory.

Author : Diederick Raven,Lieteke van Vucht Tijssen,Jan de Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : OCLC:469074714

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Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1987-02-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521337984

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Relativism and the Social Sciences by Ernest Gellner Pdf

Considers human diversity and change and rejects the usual solutions to problems of relativism. Presents a new mode of inquiry in its stead a mixture of philosophy, history, and anthropology that appears to be more meaningful.

Author : Stephen Turner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0226817393

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Brains/Practices/Relativism by Stephen Turner Pdf

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Social Theory After Cognitive Science1. Throwing Out the Tacit Rule Book: Learning and Practices2. Searle's Social Reality3. Imitation or the Internalization of Norms: Is Twentieth-Century Social Theory Based on the Wrong Choice?4. Relativism as Explanation5. The Limits of Social Constructionism6. Making Normative Soup Out of Nonnormative Bones7. Teaching Subtlety of Thought: The Lessons of "Contextualism"8. Practice in Real Time9. The Significance of ShilsReferences Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : I.C. Jarvie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317401179

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Rationality and Relativism by I.C. Jarvie Pdf

Anthropology revolves round answers to problems about the nature, development and unity of mankind; problems that are both philosophical and scientific. In this book, first published in 1984, Professor Jarvie applies Popper’s philosophy of science to understanding the history and theory of anthropology. Jarvie describes how the ancient view that the aim of science and philosophy was to get at the truth is challenged in anthropology by the doctrine of cultural relativism; that is, that truth varies with the cultural framework. He shows how philosophers as various as Peter Winch, W.V.O. Quine, W.T. Jones, Nelson Goodman and Richard Rorty were influenced by this doctrine. Yet these philosophers also accept the value of rational argument. Jarvie believes that there is a contradiction between relativism and any notion of human rationality that centres around argument. Forced by the contradiction to choose between rationality and relativism, he argues strongly that logical, scientific and moral considerations favour rationality and urge repudiation of relativism. The central argument of the book is that relativism is intellectually disastrous and has fostered intellectual attitudes from which anthropology still suffers.

Author : Larry Laudan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226219332

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Science and Relativism by Larry Laudan Pdf

In recent years, many members of the intellectual community have embraced a radical relativism regarding knowledge in general and scientific knowledge in particular, holding that Kuhn, Quine, and Feyerabend have knocked the traditional picture of scientific knowledge into a cocked hat. Is philosophy of science, or mistaken impressions of it, responsible for the rise of relativism? In this book, Laudan offers a trenchant, wide-ranging critique of cognitive relativism and a thorough introduction to major issues in the philosophy of knowledge.

Author : Jack W. Meiland,Michael Krausz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015003303784

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Relativism, Cognitive and Moral by Jack W. Meiland,Michael Krausz Pdf

Author : Raymond Boudon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119954076

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The Poverty of Relativism by Raymond Boudon Pdf

The Poverty of Relativism is a timely and critical evaluation of a dominant trend in modern social science, evident in a range of intellectual movements from structuralism to post-modernism and social constructionism. Raymond Boudon shows how the pervasive spread of relativism in social thought threatens intellectual life by corroding the concept of objectivity, leading to a social and political nihilism in which even the knowledge generated by science itself is seen as no more than a belief system. With an incisive analysis that uses a wide range of illustrative examples from the social organisation of science to the question of what constitutes a work of art, Raymond Boudon examines the consequences of relativism across a number of issues that are key to the future of sociology and the social sciences.

Author : Eliezer Ben Rafael
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004131043

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Sociology and Ideology by Eliezer Ben Rafael Pdf

Annotation Representing different views on the role of ideology in sociological pursuits, and on the sociological study of ideology, these seven essays consider the relationship between ideology and relativism, modernity, economic globalization, linguistic pluralism, critical reflexivity, and identity. The authors examine sociological practice as it has varied over time and as it is employed in different geographical locations, contrasting sociological work with that of other social sciences. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Cynthia Lins Hamlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134575930

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Beyond Relativism by Cynthia Lins Hamlin Pdf

This book argues that critical realism offers the theory of cognitive rationality a real way of overcoming the limitations of methodological individualism by recognising both the agents' - and the social structure's - causal powers and liabilities. Cynthia Lins Hamlin persuasively argues that critical realism represents a better safeguard against the relativism which springs from the conflation of social reality and our ideas about it. This is an important book for sociologists and anyone working in the social sciences, and for all those concerned with the methodology, and philosophy, of social science.

Author : H. Siegel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401577465

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Relativism Refuted by H. Siegel Pdf

Author : Natalie Alana Ashton,Martin Kusch,Robin McKenna,Katharina Anna Sodoma
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429581274

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Social Epistemology and Relativism by Natalie Alana Ashton,Martin Kusch,Robin McKenna,Katharina Anna Sodoma Pdf

This is the first book to explore the connections and interactions between social epistemology and epistemic relativism. The essays in the volume are organized around three distinct philosophical approaches to this topic: 1) foundational questions concerning deep disagreement, the variability of epistemic norms, and the relationship between relativism and reliabilism; 2) the role of relativistic themes in feminist social epistemology; and 3) the relationship between the sociology of knowledge, philosophy of science, and social epistemology. Recent trends in social epistemology seek to rectify earlier work that conceptualized cognitive achievements primarily on the level of isolated individuals. Relativism insists that epistemic judgements or beliefs are justified or unjustified only relative to systems of standards—there is not neutral way of adjudicating between them. By bringing together these two strands of epistemology, this volume offers unique perspectives on a number of central epistemological questions. Social Epistemology and Relativism will be of interest to researchers working in epistemology, feminist philosophy, and the sociology of knowledge.

Author : Adam Kuper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1160 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781134359707

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The Social Science Encyclopedia by Adam Kuper Pdf

The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely rewritten, and most of the balance have been substantially revised. Written by an international team of contributors, the Encyclopedia offers a global perspective on key issues within the social sciences. Some 500 entries cover a variety of enduring and newly vital areas of study and research methods. Experts review theoretical debates from neo-evolutionism and rational choice theory to poststructuralism, and address the great questions that cut across the social sciences. What is the influence of genes on behaviour? What is the nature of consciousness and cognition? What are the causes of poverty and wealth? What are the roots of conflict, wars, revolutions and genocidal violence? This authoritative reference work is aimed at anyone with a serious interest in contemporary academic thinking about the individual in society.

Author : M. Seidel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137377890

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Epistemic Relativism by M. Seidel Pdf

Markus Seidel provides a detailed critique of epistemic relativism in the sociology of scientific knowledge. In addition to scrutinizing the main arguments for epistemic relativism he provides an absolutist account that nevertheless aims at integrating the relativist's intuition.

Author : David Turnbull
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Knowledge, Sociology of
ISBN : 9789058230010

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Masons, Tricksters and Cartographers by David Turnbull Pdf

This highly original study puts forward the notion that every culture has its own ways of assembling local knowledge, thereby creating space through the linking of people, practices and places.