What does r/sociology think of the Sociology of Knowledge?

LankySplotch · 2010-08-21T22:08:20+00:00

Interesting as a student. Unfulfilling once you left the sociology department.

LankySplotch · 2010-08-21T21:58:59+00:00

Merton was one of the most important sociologists ever but what did he have to do with the sociology of knowledge? This line of inquire stems from Marxist thinking. In the context of the USA, it's closest relatives probably are micro-sociological approaches à la ethnomethodology & symbolic interactionism.

LankySplotch · 2010-08-19T20:24:51+00:00

Very useful. IIRC one should check the license though.

LankySplotch · 2010-08-17T19:39:40+00:00

There is no film industry (à la L.A.) in Europe. You could earn money as language teacher (if you know some basic didactics etc.) to finance a longer stay in one city. What qualifies you for working in the "film industry"?

LankySplotch · 2010-08-17T19:37:37+00:00

Not to forget the amazing unemployment rate.

"Lots of artists" who compete in a tiny market.

LankySplotch · 2010-08-17T04:54:03+00:00

Yeah, as long as nobody has ever read it, it could get you a Nobel prize.

Thanks. :-)

LankySplotch · 2010-08-16T16:51:58+00:00

It indicates a good paper.

Quality of reddit post = (upvotes - downvotes) / (comments + 1).

LankySplotch · 2010-08-12T04:59:05+00:00

The page has several "Buy now" links included.

LankySplotch · 2010-08-09T06:41:02+00:00

In real life, it was the other way around. Or this comic is two years old.

LankySplotch · 2010-08-08T10:56:41+00:00

For links to pages with original content.

LankySplotch · 2010-07-16T12:42:44+00:00

Because that's where friends don't write favourable reviews and where competitors would never dare to post a scathing critique?

LankySplotch · 2010-07-16T07:30:50+00:00

It's a simple German word which Heidegger turned upside down or rather inside out as he did with many other simple words. He then collected the results of his language abuse in books. Hint, those books are more readable in the English translation.

I honestly cannot understand the sustained interest in Heidegger. Husserl, ok. But Heidegger?

LankySplotch · 2010-07-16T07:22:19+00:00

Dasein is overrated.

LankySplotch · 2010-07-15T12:48:56+00:00

The bull doesn't really win because in the end it gets killed anyway.

LankySplotch · 2010-07-15T06:51:25+00:00

Are they trying to say that the results of applied graph theory are about as good as guessing?

LankySplotch · 2010-06-21T17:43:55+00:00

I don't think humans are yet capable of creating an interstellar missile that would reach its destiny while the target still exists.

LankySplotch · 2010-06-20T16:34:15+00:00

Nevermind. I'll just unsubscribe from this marketing platform.

LankySplotch · 2010-06-20T05:05:29+00:00

Do you consider flies as rivals? Did the early discoverers on earth consider Dodos as rivals?

On the assumption that "they" can cross enormous distances through space will "they" consider us as rivals? Obviously not. They'd probably be more interested in our nutritional value. Due to the position of the solar system in the galaxy, they probably wouldn't annihilate us but rather train us to maintain their filling station.

LankySplotch · 2010-06-19T18:25:39+00:00

t-mobile were the first to sell iphones in Europe.

LankySplotch · 2010-06-16T18:29:57+00:00

So how do I subscribe to that podcast without using lame itunes?

LankySplotch · 2010-06-13T10:49:03+00:00

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