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Some Problems in Alfred Schutz's Phenomenological Methodology

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Alfred Schutz created a systematic methodology for the social sciences by integrating sociological concepts derived from Max Weber with the philosophical foundation provided by Edmund Husserl's phenomenology. However, much of the rigor of Schutz's analysis of social life is vitiated by his failure to come to grips with the philosophical problem of “other minds.” Analysis and critique of Schutz's “general thesis of the alter ego” reveal the sterility of either pragmatic or dogmatic use of philosophic concepts in social science conceptualization, and the failure of his methodological system demonstrates the serious epistemological consequences of doing social scientific work without rigorous and radical philosophical foundation.

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  • Peritore, N. Patrick, 1975. "Some Problems in Alfred Schutz's Phenomenological Methodology," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 69(1), pages 132-140, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:69:y:1975:i:01:p:132-140_24
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    1. Greg Yudin, 2015. "Alfred Schutz'S Sociology as a Naive Science," HSE Working papers WP BRP 93/HUM/2015, National Research University Higher School of Economics.

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