Methodical culturalism
Methodical culturalism is a philosophical approach developed by Peter Janich and his pupils. Its core statement is that science is not developed from purely theoretical considerations, but as a development of everyday, proto-scientific human behavior—in other words, that science is a stylized form of everyday knowledge-forming practice.
Thus, from the viewpoint of methodical culturalism, science is understood as a continuation of the practical processes of the everyday world and must be analyzed from this aspect systematically and methodically.
Methodical culturalism is a development of the of the .
See also[]
- Action theory
- Constructivist epistemology
External links[]
- Peter Janich: Kulturalismus (in German)
- Peter Janich: Kultur des Wissens – natürlich begrenzt? (in German)
- Rafael Capurro zum Informationsbegriff von Peter Janich (in German)
- Dirk Hartmann: Willensfreiheit und die Autonomie der Kulturwissenschaften (pdf-Datei; 176 KB) (in German)
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