Journal article
The Meaning of Culture and the Culture of Empiricism in American Sociology
The American sociologist, v 47(4), pp 430-441
2016
Abstract
This paper is a commentary on Christian Smith’s “The Conceptual Incoherence of ‘Culture’ in American Cultural Sociology.” This paper accepts Smith’s finding of conceptual incoherence at the disciplinary level and argues that it is a symptom of empiricism in American sociology. The paper suggests we employ conceptual analysis as practiced by analytical philosophy and proceeds to show how the use of that methodology can resolve the problem regarding the meaning of culture. In the end, the paper defends a conception of culture along the lines of Archer’s (
1996
)
intelligibilia
, interpreted as action and its products bearing social reasoning.
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Details
- Title
- The Meaning of Culture and the Culture of Empiricism in American Sociology
- Creators
- Douglas V. Porpora - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The American sociologist, v 47(4), pp 430-441
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84962204170
- Other Identifier
- 991019174006704721