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Publication THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE RECONSIDERED(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Manheim, ErnestThe subject of this essay is the communicative function of ideas as a potential determinant of their meanings.Publication PEIRCE, MEAD, AND THE OBJECTIVITY OF MEANING(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Lewis, J. DavidThis paper shows parallelisms between the philosophies of George H. Mead and Charles S. Peirce. Because they both view cognition from the social realist's perspective, they independently developed equivalent triadic theories of meaning. It is further argued that their pragmatic account of meaning logically leads to belief in the objectivity and communality of truth and scientific knowledge. This reveals their opposition to the nominalistic and individualistic view of truth and knowledge sometimes embraced in contemporary sociology of knowledge.Publication FORMS AND "TYPES" IN THE STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR: An Examination of the Generalizing Concepts of Mead and Schutz(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Hinkle, Gisela J.Publication DIALECTICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) TenHouten, Warren D.; Kaplan, Charles D.The discovery in neurology that the two sides of the brain think in distinct ways that are both opposed to each other and complementary might have consequences in a number of academic disciplines, and in philosophy and political consciousness as well. It is the purpose of this paper to apply concepts from the brain theory to an analysis of the rational foundations of scientific inquiry. To pursue this argument, it is nnecessary to take a position on the side of materialism or idealism, although the theory certainly is related to that issue. And it should be made clear, at the outset, that we see no possibility that the explanation of ideas can be reduced to a physical theory such as physics.Publication NOTES TOWARD A MODEL FOR THE STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Futrell, Richard H.This paper reviews two formulations of some structural aspects of knowledge systems. These two structural specifications of knowledge systems, by Judith Willer and by Norwood Russell Hanson, are then combined to suggest a model for relating several "ideal type" knowledge systems. Some tentative descriptions of these knowledge systems are given. The paper concludes by suggesting that scientific systems involve a particular combination of two of the systems and that sociology of knowledge and cognitive psychology have clear roles in the theoretical development of such a model.Publication THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE IN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY: ORIGINS, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUTURE(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Curtis, James E.; Petras, John W.This paper examines the origins, development, and current status of the sociology of knowledge in American sociology. If a traditional and narrow definition of the sociology of knowledge is employed, few American studies appear to fall into this area of interest. However, when the sociology of knowledge is defined as a general frame of reference that is utilized in various research endeavors, definite orientations can be recognized. Most studies are seen as falling under one or more of the questions posed by Robert K. Merton in his paradigm for the sociology of knowledge. The paper concludes with a discussion of possible future trends.Publication Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 8, Number 2 (FALL, 1972): Book Review(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Luhman, Reid A.Publication FROM "LEGITIMACY" TO "LEGITIMATIONS"*(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Miller, Lynn BurtonIn this essay two conceptions of social order maintenance have been examined in the light of Mannheim's argument that concept use reveals the perspectivistic base of all knowledge. The perspectives from within which Weber evolved the concept of legitimacy and Berger and Luckmann the concept of legitimations have been "imputed" from these concepts' idiosyncratic use. It has been found that legitimacy only has meaning within an "ideological" perspective which values the stabilization of existing institutions while legitimations has meaning within a "utopian" perspective which values the transformation of existing institutions. The concepts of order maintenance examined in this essay have a political function. They not only illuminate order, they seek to alter order by stabilizing or transforming it.Publication THE FATE OF IDEOLOGY AND THE CRISIS OF MARXISM(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Hernandez-Cela, Cesar X.Historically the concept of Ideology belongs to the recent past. The concept of Ideology is central to all genuine criticism of culture and society and is for this reason intimately associated with the Idea of Freedom. In the first part of this article I have attempted an analysis of the historical movement of the concept of Ideology in order to salvage its critical function from the danger of its neutralization by the sociology of knowledge. In the second part, the fate of this concept and its relation to the crisis of Marxism will be examined.Publication Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 8, Number 2 (FALL, 1972): Front Matter(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01)Publication SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE AND QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY(Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1972-10-01) Bryan, DexterThe antagonism between the sociology of knowledge and standard research methods is examined in terms of the contemporary analysis of blue-collar workers. Qualitative methodology is suggested as a possible alternative to the historical research orientation that has dominated the sociology of knowledge. Conceptual and methodological suggestions designed to merge sociology of knowledge interests with qualitative methodology are offered with empirical examples drawn from a participant observation study of steel workers.