Particular structure of the constructs of social sciences But the facts, events and data before the social scientist are of an entirely different structure. His observational field the social world is not essentially structureless. It has a particular meaning and relevance structure for the human beings living, thinking, and acting therein. They have preselected and reinterpreted this world by a series of common-sense constructs of the reality of daily life, and it is these thought objects which determine their behavior define the goal of heir action, the means available for attaining them-in brief, which help them to find their bearings within their natural and socio-cultural environment and to come to terms with it The thought objects constructed by the social scientists refer to and are ounded upon the thought objects constructed by the common-sense thought of man living his everyday life among his fellow-men. Thus, the constructs used by the social scientist are so to speak constructs of the second degree, namely constructs of the constructs made by the actors on the social scene, whose behavior the scientist observes and tries to explain in accordance with the procedural rules of his science
Particular structure of the constructs of social sciences • But the facts, events, and data before the social scientist are of an entirely different structure. His observational field, the social world, is not essentially structureless. It has a particular meaning and relevance structure for the human beings living, thinking, and acting therein. They have preselected and preinterpreted this world by a series of common-sense constructs of the reality of daily life, and it is these thought objects which determine their behavior, define the goal of heir action, the means available for attaining them- in brief, which help them to find their bearings within their natural and socio-cultural environment and to come to terms with it. The thought objects constructed by the social scientists refer to and are founded upon the thought objects constructed by the common-sense thought of man living his everyday life among his fellow-men. Thus, the constructs used by the social scientist are, so to speak, constructs of the second degree, namely constructs of the constructs made by the actors on the social scene, whose behavior the scientist observes and tries to explain in accordance with the procedural rules of his science
Peter Berger &t Luckmann Sociology of knowledge Society is a human product Society is an objective reality Man is a social product People are the products of the very society that ey create
Peter Berger & Luckmann Sociology of knowledge • Society is a human product • Society is an objective reality • Man is a social product • People are the products of the very society that they create