The Domain-Specificity of Reason

Eric Livingston

The Domain-Specificity of Reason

Eric Livingston

School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

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Abstract

The widespread interest in the social sciences in local knowledge and practical skill is reflected in a host of terms, among them situated reasoning, bricolage, mētis, habitus, and indigenous knowledge. This paper introduces a program of studies that seeks to examine the embeddedness of reason and reasoning in domains of mundane expertise. Examples from several fields—mathematics, experimental physics, and checkers—are used to indicate that 'reason' is not a content-independent, general phenomenon, but one that is intertwined and arises within domains of skilled practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow - Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2003 Annual Conference (TASA 2003)
Editors	Peter Corrigan, Margaret Gibson, Gail Hawkes, Eric Livingston, John Scott, Steven Thiele, Gillian Carpenter
Place of Publication	Armidale, Australia
Publisher	University of New England
Pages	1-12
ISBN (Print)	0646429272
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	TASA 2003: Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association - University of New England, Armidale, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2003 → 6 Dec 2003

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Conference	TASA 2003: Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association
City	Armidale, Australia
Period	4/12/03 → 6/12/03

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Livingston, E. (2003). The Domain-Specificity of Reason. In P. Corrigan, M. Gibson, G. Hawkes, E. Livingston, J. Scott, S. Thiele, & G. Carpenter (Eds.), New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow - Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2003 Annual Conference (TASA 2003) (pp. 1-12). University of New England. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4624

Livingston, Eric. / The Domain-Specificity of Reason. New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow - Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2003 Annual Conference (TASA 2003). editor / Peter Corrigan ; Margaret Gibson ; Gail Hawkes ; Eric Livingston ; John Scott ; Steven Thiele ; Gillian Carpenter. Armidale, Australia : University of New England, 2003. pp. 1-12

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Livingston, E 2003, The Domain-Specificity of Reason. in P Corrigan, M Gibson, G Hawkes, E Livingston, J Scott, S Thiele & G Carpenter (eds), New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow - Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2003 Annual Conference (TASA 2003). University of New England, Armidale, Australia, pp. 1-12, TASA 2003: Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, Armidale, Australia, 4/12/03. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4624>

The Domain-Specificity of Reason. / Livingston, Eric.
New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow - Proceedings of The Australian Sociological Association 2003 Annual Conference (TASA 2003). ed. / Peter Corrigan; Margaret Gibson; Gail Hawkes; Eric Livingston; John Scott; Steven Thiele; Gillian Carpenter. Armidale, Australia: University of New England, 2003. p. 1-12.

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