PHL * K101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Social Order
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Each of these corresponds to a deep-seated human interest. The interest that governs work- interest in technical control of nature. The interest that governs language- interest in communication. The interest that governs interaction is our desire to be free of arbitrary constraint. Our desire to be free of control or unjustified power- emancipation. If we look at the various modes of inquiry- each mode of inquiry fashions it"s knowledge in such a way that it will serve an underlying interest. Essentially denies the traditional sense of knowledge- ex natural sciences wants to understand empirical reality, not to appeal to an interest in technical control of nature. Habermas says that any claim that knowledge is not tied, or shaped by some human interest is to be deluded. Natural science structure of natural order. Humanities intentions of agents manifested in speech and action. Empirical social sciences objectified social processes. Critical social sciences social order conceived of as amenable to.
