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Understanding: the ability to give reasons for a distinction or to justify a selection of options. See also actions, meaning, knowledge._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Alfred Schütz on Understanding - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas III 176 Understanding/Sociology/Schütz/Habermas: Schütz thesis: we make at least three preliminary methodological decisions by choosing basic concepts of action theory: 1. We describe social reality in such a way that it is conceived as a construction of the everyday world that emerges from the interpretative achievements of the participants.(1) Habermas III 177 2. The scientist has to ask which model of an individual being can be constructed and which typical contents are to be assigned to it.(2) 3. The theoretical concepts must follow the pre-theoretical concepts in which the members interpret their situation.(3) >Action theory, >Theories, >Theory language, >Observation language, >Method, >Models. 1. A. Schütz, Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt, Wien 1932, S. 6. 2. Ibid. p. 49f. 3. Ibid. p. 50._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Schütz I Alfred Schütz Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt Wien 1932 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |