SOCIOL 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Fredric Jameson, Richard Rorty, Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Discovering laws in science creates a culture that has interests, politics, and subject to forms of domination. This is what leotard built his critique to science from. Language, like a game, is an autonomous creation that doesn"t require justi cation for its existence. Lyotard: narrative form of knowledge: expressed in a social circle for maintaining the social circle. Denotative, scienti c form of knowledge: proposes to represent what is in the physical universe (grand narrative) The use of language always distorts purity -objectiveness. Deconstruct texts produced by communities of individuals using language for some value-laden practical purpose (a) critical-discount/expose (b) af rming. Social and cultural realities and social science itself are linguistic constructions. Symbolic realism: universe is seen as existing for humans through communicative action. Uncover ideologies surrounding premises on which knowledge, senses of self, and portrayals of realities are constructed. Stated in loose languages and within particular social circles.
