SOC 232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Deductive Reasoning, Native Instruments, Operationalization
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Hegel concepts were the goal of systematic science: the notion or idea was the most comprehensive form of knowledge. Most comprehensive or all inclusive notion was the absolute idea. John dewey paid more attention to the function that concepts perform in everyday life and in scientific inquiry. Concepts are an important part of knowledge because they shape how we define objects and what we see. Kant insisted that concepts without percepts are empty, percepts without concepts are blind". Concept is a term of symbol that indicates or defines a class of objects. Percept may be defined as a fact or individual case or instance. Kant: we need general concepts to guide and organize our knowledge. Conservative, liberal and radical divide people into categories give us an opportunity to understand how people differ in their political perspectives and allow us to classify people into groups. People may disagree about the meaning of a term eg liberal.
