Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Philosophy Jurgen Habermas Jurgen Habermas Habermas’ Three Domains of Knowledge Type of Human Interest Kind of Knowledge Research Methods Technical Instrumenatal: Positive Sciences (prediction) (casual explanation) (empirical analytic methods) ________________________________________________________________________ Practical Practical Interpretive Research (interpretation and (understanding) (hermeneutic methods) understanding) ________________________________________________________________________ Emanipatory Emancipation Critical Social Sciences (criticism and liberation) (reflection) (critical theory methods) __________________________________________________ CRITICAL THEORY : JURGEN HABERMAS Habermas’ Three Generic Domains of Human Interest · Habermas differenciates three primary generic areas in which human interest generates knowledge. · These areas determine categories relevant to what we interpret as knowledge. · They determine the mode of discovering knowledge and whether knowledge claims can be warranted. These areas define cognitive interests of learning domains, and are grounded in different aspects of social existence – work, interaction Bibliography: Word Count: 122
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