‘Theory is always for someone and for some purpose’: thinking through post-structuralism and cognitivism
| dc.contributor.author | Geal, Robert | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-15T10:07:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-11-15T10:07:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06-19 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Geal, R. (2015). ‘Theory is always for someone and for some purpose’: thinking through post-structuralism and cognitivism. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 13 (3), pp 261-274. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1740-0309 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1740-7923 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/17400309.2015.1054624 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2436/620857 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This essay explores the historical socio-cultural contexts that determine the contending epistemologies of post-structuralism and cognitivism. Debates between these paradigms have focused on a-priori philosophical premises. Synthesis between these premises has not materialised because each paradigm valorises a form of knowledge which its rival cannot match. This essay attempts to position these contested premises within a diachronic background in which theoretical claims can be tested, not merely against fixed deductive positions, but against specific socio-cultural contexts that manifest themselves in epistemology. Post-structuralism and cognitivism can then be thought of as aggregates of thought reflecting broad political, social, philosophical and cultural contexts. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17400309.2015.1054624 | |
| dc.subject | ideology | |
| dc.subject | epistemology | |
| dc.subject | discourse analysis | |
| dc.subject | Post-structuralism | |
| dc.subject | cognitivism | |
| dc.title | ‘Theory is always for someone and for some purpose’: thinking through post-structuralism and cognitivism | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| dc.identifier.journal | New Review of Film and Television Studies | |
| dc.source.volume | 13 | |
| dc.source.issue | 3 | |
| dc.source.beginpage | 261 | |
| dc.source.endpage | 274 | |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2020-04-07T15:00:11Z | |
| html.description.abstract | This essay explores the historical socio-cultural contexts that determine the contending epistemologies of post-structuralism and cognitivism. Debates between these paradigms have focused on a-priori philosophical premises. Synthesis between these premises has not materialised because each paradigm valorises a form of knowledge which its rival cannot match. This essay attempts to position these contested premises within a diachronic background in which theoretical claims can be tested, not merely against fixed deductive positions, but against specific socio-cultural contexts that manifest themselves in epistemology. Post-structuralism and cognitivism can then be thought of as aggregates of thought reflecting broad political, social, philosophical and cultural contexts. |
