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Title: The Domain-Specificity of Reason
Contributor(s): Livingston, Eric  (author)
Publication Date: 2003
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4624
Abstract: The widespread interest in the social sciences in local knowledge and practical skill is reflected in a host of terms, among them situated reasoning, bricolage, mētis, habitus, and indigenous knowledge. This paper introduces a program of studies that seeks to examine the embeddedness of reason and reasoning in domains of mundane expertise. Examples from several fields—mathematics, experimental physics, and checkers—are used to indicate that 'reason' is not a content-independent, general phenomenon, but one that is intertwined and arises within domains of skilled practice.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: TASA 2003: Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, University of New England, Armidale, 4th December - 6th December, 2003
Source of Publication: New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow - Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2003 Annual Conference (TASA 2003), p. 1-12
Publisher: University of New England
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 160806 Social Theory
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.tasa.org.au/tasa-publications/
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