Methodical culturalism
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Methodical culturalism is a philosophical approach developed by Peter Janich
and his pupils. The core statement of this approach is that science
is not developed from purely theoretical considerations, but as a development of everyday, proto-scientific human behavior. That is to say, 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 methodical constructivism of the Erlanger school (known as "Erlanger constructivism").
Peter Janich
Peter Janich is a professor of philosophy at the University of Marburg. Janich studied physics, philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Erlangen and Hamburg. He attained a doctorate in philosophy in 1969 and during 1969/70 was a guest lecturer at the University of Texas in Austin...
and his pupils. The core statement of this approach is that science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
is not developed from purely theoretical considerations, but as a development of everyday, proto-scientific human behavior. That is to say, 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 methodical constructivism of the Erlanger school (known as "Erlanger constructivism").
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)