Boundary Lines of Social Phenomena
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2196128 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John M Gillette (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1925 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 585-593 |
| Publication date | 1925-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/213742 |
| OpenAlex | W1983024405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
I. The limits of fields of phenomena establish the boundary lines of the sciences. These Scientific boundaries cannot be determined until the nature of phenomena is ascertained and their characteristics clearly denoted. But the boundaries between sciences are purely conventional and artificial, since no hard-and-fast lines between kinds of phenomena exist in nature. II. The boundary lines of social phenomena are established by our conception of the nature of society. The influence of sentient beings upon one another constitutes social phenomena. Such influence is exerted somewhat irrespective of space and time, even certain of those long dead still having weight. Symbols and signs, written and oral language, are not social phenomena since they are resolvable into material and physical activites. Not all cause of social phenomenon are social, this being notably true of the cause of the first social phenomenon. Causes of aggregations and juxtapositions out of which social phenomena arise may be merely physical and so non-social
Boundary (topology) · Boundary line · Epistemology · Geometry · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Social phenomenon · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1989 - 1989 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |