Social science and the poetics of public truth

摘要: I argue that sociological theory can be understood as a kind of poetic discourse and truth is itself rhetorical construction. Once we see social scientific objectivity innovation linguistically constructed, reframe our criteria for judging the adequacy theories. We then notice meanings such logical rigor, or correspondence to factual hermeneutic foundation, are themselves relative different paradigms genres, which in turn shaped assessed through prudent judgment. Awareness literary, discursive character science knowledge should encourage greater critical appreciation generated own other forms.