Alfred Schutz
Developed phenomenological sociology, focusing on the subjective meanings and interpretations that individuals bring to social life.
Quotes by Alfred Schutz
The 'relevance structures' organize our experience of the world.
The 'finite provinces of meaning' are distinct realms of experience, each with its own cognitive style.
The 'paramount reality' is the world of working, of everyday life.
The 'alter ego' is constituted through our experience of the other.
The 'stream of consciousness' is the fundamental flow of our subjective experience.
The 'project' is the basic unit of human action.
The 'motive' is the 'because' or 'in order to' of an action.
The 'reciprocity of perspectives' is a fundamental assumption of social interaction.
The 'social act' is an act that takes into account the other.
The 'world of contemporaries' is the world of those with whom we share a common present.
The 'world of predecessors' is the world of those who have lived before us.
The 'world of successors' is the world of those who will live after us.
The 'ideal type' is a methodological tool for understanding social phenomena.
The 'postulate of adequacy' requires that scientific constructs be understandable to the actor in everyday life.
The 'postulate of logical consistency' requires that scientific constructs be logically coherent.
The 'postulate of subjective interpretation' requires that scientific constructs refer to the subjective meaning of action.
The 'world of signs and symbols' is the medium through which we communicate and understand each other.
The 'social distribution of knowledge' refers to how knowledge is shared and organized in a society.
The 'taken-for-granted' is the foundation of all social interaction.
The 'bracketed world' is the world of scientific inquiry, where the natural attitude is suspended.