Ontology and Method in Cognitive Sociology

Ignatow, Gabe

doi:10.1111/socf.12131

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“…Articles all answer the question: What Should a Sociology of Culture and Cognition Look Like? See Cerulo ; Danna ; Ignatow ; Lizardo ; Pitts‐Taylor .…”

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Culture and Cognition: A Process Account of Culture

Shepherd

2014

Sociological Forum

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Sociologists of culture and cognition are well positioned to take up the rigorous study of culture as a dynamic process by which meanings come to be perceived as shared through social interaction and influence. A wealth of exciting new work in psychology on how cognitive representations and associations are shaped and strengthened by social interaction can be integrated into a more comprehensive account of the dynamic process of culture. Understanding how shared meanings develop and change sheds light onto some of the most important questions in sociology. I provide a brief example of how a process-based account of culture can help us understand peer conflict in schools.

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“…Articles all answer the question: What Should a Sociology of Culture and Cognition Look Like? See Cerulo ; Danna ; Ignatow ; Lizardo ; Pitts‐Taylor .…”

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Culture and Cognition: A Process Account of Culture

Shepherd

2014

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“…One might gather from these accounts that the ignorance, rigidity, and anti‐naturalism of sociologists are the key impediments to sociology's intellectual progress and contemporary relevance. But as Gabriel Ignatow () rightly notes, there are also legitimate epistemological (or rather, onto‐epistemological) issues at stake. We have not resolved the question, what is the relation between human biology and the interpretive claims we make about it?…”

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Cautionary Notes on Navigating the Neurocognitive Turn

Pitts‐Taylor

2014

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The approach sociologists should take toward the biological sciences, particularly in light of the neurocognitive turn that is taking place in many other disciplines, is not as straightforward as some have suggested. Advocates of bridging neurocognitive and sociological frameworks have argued that we should learn and utilize neurocognitive science in order to refresh sociological concepts, as well as to contribute positively to the development of bio/psycho/social knowledge. However, I argue that the onto-epistemological question of how we should approach neuroscientific knowledge, which has yet to be resolved, should be foregrounded rather than forgotten in these efforts. Without a willingness to criticize as well as learn from neurocognitive science, and wade into its internal debates, sociologists risk reifying neurocognitive knowledge and diminishing awareness and appreciation of its complexities and contradictions.

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“…The Culture and Cognition Network (a branch of the American Sociological Association's Culture Section) has been engaged in discussions loosely centered on the following question (as proposed by Karen Cerulo): “What should the Sociology of Culture and Cognition look like?” (See Cerulo ; Ignatow ; Lizardo ; Pitts‐Taylor ; Shepherd for other perspectives.) This paper presents my answer, simply summed up as follows: larger and more inclusive.…”

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