The Social Introspection of I. A. Blaha and Wittgenstein’s Argument against a Private Language. Notes on the Introspective Approach in the Social Scie Cover Image

Sociální introspekce I. A. Bláhy a Wittgensteinův argument proti soukromému jazyku. Poznámky k introspektivnímu přístupu v sociálních vědách
The Social Introspection of I. A. Blaha and Wittgenstein’s Argument against a Private Language. Notes on the Introspective Approach in the Social Scie

Author(s): Dušan Janák
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Sociologický ústav
Keywords: social introspection; sociological methodology; Czech sociology; language games; I. A. Blaha; L. Wittgenstein

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the social introspection approach of the Czech sociologist I. A. Bláha. Its aim is not only to introduce the method but also to explore the potentials and the limits of this approach in understanding social reality. The author looks at Wittgenstein’s argument against a private language as a critique of the introspective method and briefly analyses the phenomenological approach in sociology to asses the boundaries of the introspective approach. Theoretical conclusions on the application of the introspection method in sociology are drawn at the end of the article, allowing the author to assess the applicability of Blaha’s method.

  • Issue Year: 42/2006
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 761-782
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Czech