Truth-telling critical work produces new knowledges rather than circular confirmations of known positions.
Evidence
The reason for this is the circularity of social knowledge, which affects in the first instance the social rather than the natural world. In conditions of modernity, the social world can never form a stable environment in terms of the input of new knowledge about its character and functioning. New knowledge (concepts, theories, findings) does not simply render the social world more transparent, but alters its nature, spinning it off in novel directions. The impact of this phenomenon is fundamental to the juggernaut-like quality of modernity and affects socialised nature as well as social institutions themselves. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 363 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Intellectual work must produce new knowledges rather than recirculate known conclusions; Academic success can neutralize critical projects into received knowledge; New social knowledge alters the social world rather than merely describing it — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 363 (+2 more)
Related
- Intellectual work must produce new knowledges rather than recirculate known conclusions (similarity 0.87)
- Circular theory that merely reaffirms known political conclusions produces no new knowledge. (similarity 0.85)
- New social knowledge alters the social world rather than merely describing it (similarity 0.84)
- Modernity institutionalises doubt, making all knowledge claims inherently circular (similarity 0.81)
- Critical Theory grounds truth claims in possible futures rather than present facts (similarity 0.80)
- Social science knowledge changes the social world it studies. (similarity 0.80)
- Scientists pursue truth by actively seeking invalidation of their beliefs (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- New social knowledge alters the social world rather than merely describing it
#corroborates(0.85) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 363