SOC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caster Semenya, Gender Identity, Nonconformist
15 Feb 2017
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Soc 107 - lecture 2 - jan 30, 2017. Grew out of the american philosophical tradition of pragmatism in the late 19th century. Pragmatism is an approach discussed in the writings of (developed by) peirce, james and dewey. Pragmatism was meant to challenge classical rationalism. Pragmatists differed from rationalists in its assumptions about. Not predetermined or fixed, always in the making and discovered. Not sit and not imposed on us, not passive vessels, we are active vessels/agents. Not about solving problems, experiment and learn more, not to solve, but to learn, learning for the sake of learning, knowledge for sake of knowledge. Thought and behaviour emerge through the processes of interaction and communication. We have the capacity for language, and can think, reason, communicate and coordinate our actions. Think humans are higher than animals because we can communicate. Described symbolic communication as a conversation of gestures initiated by one individual giving a significant symbol.
