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Durkheim, pragmatizam i istina
DURKHEIM, PRAGMATISM AND TRUTH

Author(s): Asim Mujkić
Subject(s): Philosophy, Sociology, Pragmatism, History and theory of sociology, Social Theory
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: sociology; pragmatism; creation of society; coercive nature of the truth;

Summary/Abstract: Some of his Durkheim’s last lectures at University of Sorbonne were devoted to the relationship between sociology and pragmatism. Durkheim’s conclusions on similarities and differences between sociology and pragmatism, along with his critique of Willams James, are the subject of this paper. Relationship between truth and social fact. In what relation does truth stand with individual and collective conscience and what is considered under the collective founding of the truth? How exactly does Durkheim’s understanding of truth contribute to resolvement of certain antinomies in pragmatism?

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 03+04
  • Page Range: 41-47
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Bosnian