TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Problem of Meaning Interpretation in Social Sciences
T2  - The Russian Sociological Review
IS  - The Russian Sociological Review
KW  - understanding of meaning
KW  - validity claims
KW  - rationality of action
KW  - rational interpretation
KW  - intersubjective relation
KW  - performative attitude
KW  - virtual participation
KW  - context
AB  - The article argues that the rationality problematic, as an internal metatheoretical and methodological task of the social sciences, has to be considered with regard to the basic concept of reaching understanding. Only on the basis of the rational infrastructure of action oriented to reaching understanding - which includes the use of language as a mechanism for coordinating action and establishing a consensus based on the intersubjective recognition of validity claims - the social scientist can, by adopting a performative attitude of a virtual participant, interpret objectively the social processes under observation.
AU  - Jürgen Habermas
UR  - https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/2008-7-3/28122704.html
PY  - 2008
SP  - 3-33
VL  - 7