Methodical culturalism

Methodical culturalism is a philosophical approach developed by Peter Janich and his pupils. The core statement of this approach is that science is not developed from purely theoretical considerations, but as a development of everyday, proto-scientific human behavior. That is to say, science is a stylized form of everyday knowledge-forming practice.

Thus, from the viewpoint of methodical culturalism, science is understood as a continuation of the practical processes of the everyday world and must be analyzed from this aspect systematically and methodically.

Methodical culturalism is a development of the methodical constructivism of the Erlanger school (known as "Erlanger constructivism").

See also

• Action theory
• Constructivist epistemology

External links

• Peter Janich: Kulturalismus (German)
• Peter Janich: Kultur des Wissens – natürlich begrenzt? (German)
• Rafael Capurro zum Informationsbegriff von Peter Janich (German)
• Dirk Hartmann: Willensfreiheit und die Autonomie der Kulturwissenschaften (pdf-Datei; 176 KB) (German)