Epistemology, Axiology, and Ideology in Sociology

Bibliographic Data

ID7102534
AuthorsMichael R Hill (0000-0002-9168-211X, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author)
Year1984
Publication date1984-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Thought and Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1094-5830 • E-ISSN: 2469-8466
PublisherUniversity of Kansas (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.17161/str.1808.4967
OpenAlexW2065638294
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

This paper (a) presents a systems framework for conceptualizing epistemological issues in sociology, (b) links this framework to axiological responsibilities, and then (c) .locates both the epistemological and axiological discussions within the patriarchal ideology and hierarchical power structure of American sociology. It is argued that adopting an activist, emancipatory ideological position obligates social scientists to critically review their axiological commitments and epistemological premises. Major arguments are set in italics to permit a quick scan of the paper. These arguments form an epistemological position paper for the closing of the Twentieth Century

Axiology · Doctrine · Epistemology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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