Research object of social sciences
V. V. Bobrov
Institute of Philosophy and Law of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 Nikolaeva St., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: factors of the social, social objects, processes and phenomena, social relations, the individual, social-group and state interests, social sciences, conceptual complex, passport of the special field
Abstract
Unlike natural sciences, social scientists have no conventional object of the research. According to the author, the main reason of this situation is the absence of a conceptual complex unequivocally reflecting the characteristics of objectively existing social objects, processes and phenomena that testifies to a state of pre-standard in social sciences. In the article, an analysis of the reasons of this situation is carried out and the ways of solving the problem are shown. First of all, it concerns the concept of «the social», the essence and content of which are defined by the factors forming «inter-corporal» connections between individuals. According to the author, there are among them the needs of the individuals for the joint life activity, possibilities and functions of the information exchange between them, the presence and social appointment of leaders, and also an order of interaction of the community members while satisfying the common needs. The indicated factors of the social are embodied in the content of «social relations», which are a collection of the subject-subject and subject-object relations regulated by customs, traditions, laws and bylaws. In the article, we consider the dominating in public consciousness ideas about some social sciences, give some scientific-practical recommendations concerning realization of their social purposes, make the conclusion that the object of their research is social relations.
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