Sciences de l'esprit et sciences sociales : des liaisons dangereuses ?
The first objective of this paper is to shed light on the advantages of a naturalistic approach for social sciences and to show that Laurence Kaufmann and Laurent Cordonier cannot be accused of reductionism. However, if a form of compatibilism between social and cognitive sciences is necessary, ther...
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| description | The first objective of this paper is to shed light on the advantages of a naturalistic approach for social sciences and to show that Laurence Kaufmann and Laurent Cordonier cannot be accused of reductionism. However, if a form of compatibilism between social and cognitive sciences is necessary, there are certain characteristics of social sciences that cannot be tackled by a strict experimental approach. On the one hand, the role of the social sciences is to give meaning to complex historical realities that cannot be enclosed in a laboratory. One the other hand, experimental results have to be completed with field observations. And last but not least, understanding human forms of life involves an existential involvement from the observer who cannot reduce what s/he is studying to a mere « object » of inquiry. To understand « what it is like » to be a Bororo or a bewitched, the scientist has to be personally affected by the form of life s/he is studying. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c11a23ce857e4355865d4fd3b51965c02022-12-21T18:31:46ZfraAssociation Internationale des Sociologues de Langue FrançaiseSociologies1992-26552012-05-01Sciences de l'esprit et sciences sociales : des liaisons dangereuses ?Fabrice ClémentThe first objective of this paper is to shed light on the advantages of a naturalistic approach for social sciences and to show that Laurence Kaufmann and Laurent Cordonier cannot be accused of reductionism. However, if a form of compatibilism between social and cognitive sciences is necessary, there are certain characteristics of social sciences that cannot be tackled by a strict experimental approach. On the one hand, the role of the social sciences is to give meaning to complex historical realities that cannot be enclosed in a laboratory. One the other hand, experimental results have to be completed with field observations. And last but not least, understanding human forms of life involves an existential involvement from the observer who cannot reduce what s/he is studying to a mere « object » of inquiry. To understand « what it is like » to be a Bororo or a bewitched, the scientist has to be personally affected by the form of life s/he is studying.http://journals.openedition.org/sociologies/3980compatibilityexperimental approachcognitive sciencessocial sciences |
| spellingShingle | Fabrice Clément Sciences de l'esprit et sciences sociales : des liaisons dangereuses ? Sociologies compatibility experimental approach cognitive sciences social sciences |
| title | Sciences de l'esprit et sciences sociales : des liaisons dangereuses ? |
| title_full | Sciences de l'esprit et sciences sociales : des liaisons dangereuses ? |
| title_fullStr | Sciences de l'esprit et sciences sociales : des liaisons dangereuses ? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sciences de l'esprit et sciences sociales : des liaisons dangereuses ? |
| title_short | Sciences de l'esprit et sciences sociales : des liaisons dangereuses ? |
| title_sort | sciences de l esprit et sciences sociales des liaisons dangereuses |
| topic | compatibility experimental approach cognitive sciences social sciences |
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