Abstract
Social knowledge is more dynamic than natural science. A full recognition of this character is the precondition for upholding the validity of statements in social knowledge. In order to maintain the validity of such statements and to avoid the metamorphosis of social knowledge into other theoretical constructs, this paper, based on referring to the ideal type of social knowledge, aims to describe and explain three processes whereby social knowledge is metamorphosed into theoretical dogmatism, theoretical alienation, and theoretical slavery.
Highlights
According to the viewpoint of some outstanding philosophers of social sciences and some salient sociologists of knowledge, social knowledge is a form of knowledge directed toward a historical and social context
Due to such characteristic of social knowledge, the main aim of this essay is to clarify and explain one the most important challenges in regard to the preserving of social knowledge validity. This challenge includes three processes through which the above-mentioned types of validity are undermined. These three processes lead social knowledge to transform into the other forms of theoretical constructs: Theoretical dogmatism, theoretical alienation, and theoretical slavery
The aim of the present essay was to briefly discuss and explain the processes whereby social knowledge is turned into negative forms
Summary
According to the viewpoint of some outstanding philosophers of social sciences and some salient sociologists of knowledge, social knowledge is a form of knowledge directed toward a historical and social context Such knowledge has a special function in society (see: Alizadeh et al, 2004; Soroush, 2005; Glover, David et al, 2004; Schutz, 1967 & 1980; Berger and Luckmann, 1966; Braybrooke,1986; Hollis, 1994; Little, 1991; Rosenberg, 1995). Based on this point of view the ideal type of social knowledge is required to have an updated historical, sociological, and functional validity. These three processes lead social knowledge to transform into the other forms of theoretical constructs: Theoretical dogmatism, theoretical alienation, and theoretical slavery
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