O pierwszeństwie interpretacji przed ontologią. Przyczynek do krytyki realizmu w filozofii nauk społecznych
On the Priority of Interpretation over Ontology. A Contribution to the Critique of Realism in the Philosophy of Social Sciences

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the critical discussion of realism and interpretative approach in the philosophy of social sciences. The thesis of the paper states that interpretation is prior to realist ontology in three ways. First, to understand science (including natural sciences) we need to interpret culturally specific practices of various communities of inquiry rather than pursue general metaphysical questions about the nature of reality. Second, from an interpretative perspective general image of social and political reality is seen as an outcome of interpretative struggle between various ideological traditions. Finally, according to interpretative approach research practice in social and political disciplines is not predetermined by prior ontological assumptions. Due to this fundamental openness of social inquiry it is better to interpret it in terms of Gadamerian metaphor of hermeneutic circle or pragmatic metaphor of problem-solving.

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