What's Left of Philosophy 48 | Gillian Rose: Speculative Thinking and Post-Kantian Sociology with James Callahan
Sep 19, 2022
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Rose's Critique of Neo-Kantian Sociology
- Gillian Rose critiques neo-Kantian sociology for its transcendental circle, starting with a given condition and moving to its transcendental condition.
- Sociologists often historicize these a priori categories, creating a historical a priori, but this leads to another circle.
Sociology's Epistemological Problem
- The core problem of sociology, according to Rose, is its struggle to know the world due to Kantian limitations.
- This is problematic for sociology's empirical aims, contrasting with Marx's focus on discovery.
Three Problems of Sociology
- Rose identifies three problems in sociology: validity (knowing societal truths), value (explaining changing values), and empirical data usage.
- Sociologists often lack reflection on their position and theory, leading to a disconnect between data and analysis.