Vico and Historical Sociology

Cahnman, Werner J.

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“…Wisdom was very important to Vico. He equated the pursuit of knowledge with the pursuit of wisdom (Perkinson 1976 ), but unlike the followers of Descartes, he did not believe that scientific, mathematical certitude was the only defensible knowledge to pursue (Cahnman 1976 , 827). Foreshadowing Cardinal Newman's thoughts on the value of utilitarian knowledge, and laced with components of contemporary constructivism, Vico felt that rather than a form of absolutism whereby only the certain, the known, the clear and the distinct could be considered knowledge and truth, wisdom-as-certitude could be surrounded by any number of lesser, or likely, truths.…”

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Community centrality and social science research

Allman

2015

Anthropology & Medicine

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Community centrality is a growing requirement of social science. The field's research practices are increasingly expected to conform to prescribed relationships with the people studied. Expectations about community centrality influence scholarly activities. These expectations can pressure social scientists to adhere to models of community involvement that are immediate and that include community-based co-investigators, advisory boards, and liaisons. In this context, disregarding community centrality can be interpreted as failure. This paper considers evolving norms about the centrality of community in social science. It problematises community inclusion and discusses concerns about the impact of community centrality on incremental theory development, academic integrity, freedom of speech, and the value of liberal versus communitarian knowledge. Through the application of a constructivist approach, this paper argues that social science in which community is omitted or on the periphery is not failed science, because not all social science requires a community base to make a genuine and valuable contribution. The utility of community centrality is not necessarily universal across all social science pursuits. The practices of knowing within social science disciplines may be difficult to transfer to a community. These practices of knowing require degrees of specialisation and interest that not all communities may want or have.

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Section: Practices Of Knowingmentioning

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Community centrality and social science research

Allman

2015

Anthropology & Medicine

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Vico and Historical Sociology

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