Social Constructionism and Social Theory
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 1991
Keywords
Social reflexivity, Sociology, Social epistemology, Scientific belief, Cognition, Irony, Justified beliefs, Metaphysics
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.2307/201871
Abstract
The major emphasis of the "sociology of scientific knowledge" has been on the natural sciences. Recently, however, the field has taken a reflexive turn. I examine the relation between this kind of reflexivity and that in the history of the sociology of knowledge generally with an eye to assessing its place in social theory. Although reflexive adequacy, like other criteria for choice of theory, is not an absolute and overriding cognitive good, reflexive considerations often are critical in assessing the prospective claims of a research program and in evaluating the intellectual honesty and seriousness of these claims.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Sociological Theory, v. 9, issue 1, p. 22-33
Scholar Commons Citation
Turner, Stephen, "Social Constructionism and Social Theory" (1991). Philosophy Faculty Publications. 244.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/phi_facpub/244
