SOSC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Symbolic Interactionism, Encephalization, Pragmatism

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Colline Terry

Document Summary

The nature of reality conceived of reality as dynamic, unfinished, and always in the making. Event is shaped and reshaped in the course of its interaction with other things, particularly with human. An object can take on new and different meanings as people encounter and interact it in new ways. (beer ex. ) The nature of human knower we acquire knowledge through our ongoing experiences, which consist of active exchanges with our physical and social environment. Worlds of mind and matter are not, in fact, distinct; instead, they are vitally linked through human interaction. We establish our own meaning of objects through our practical skills, symbolic abilities, and manipulative powers. We give meanings to things based on how we respond to them. The relationship between facts, values, truth, and knowledge. Truth is not absolute, rather it is relative to the needs and interests of particular individuals and groups.