Phenomenology And Ethnomethodology (EM)

Question 1

What is Husserl’s Philosophy?

Answer 1

The world makes sense because we impose meaning and order onto it by making categories that we use to classify information

This is the only ways to gain knowledge

Question 2

Schutz’s typifications and example

Answer 2

These are shared categories which allow us to organise experiences but the meaning of any experience variesaccording to social context.

e.g. raising hand in class vs at an auction

Question 3

Schutz’s natural altitude

Answer 3

This is what we adopt when the results we get the expected from our actions

e.g. we assume the social world is fluid because everyone shares the same meanings

Question 4

Advantage (berger and luckmann)

Answer 4

Schutz is right to focus on shared knowledge

Question 5

Disadvantage (berger and luckmann) and example

Answer 5

Once society is constructed, it takes on a mind of its own

e.g. religious ideas impact laws like bigamy

Question 6

What is social order? (Garfinkle- EM)

Answer 6

An accomplishment that people work towards using commonsense knowledge

Question 7

(EM) Indexicality

Answer 7

Meanings are unclear and dependent on context. This is a potential threat to social order because if meanings are not shared, cooperation becomes difficult to achieve

Question 8

(EM) Reflexivity

Answer 8

Refers to the idea that we use commonsense knowledge in everyday interactions and construct a sense of meaning to prevent indexicality