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“When I Was Young” The Idealization of the Interchangeability of Phases of Life

Author(s) -

Andreas Göttlich

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

human studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1572-851X

pISSN - 0163-8548

DOI - 10.1007/s10746-013-9255-3

Subject(s) - idealization , interchangeability , epistemology , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , everyday life , sociology , converse , philosophy of science , yardstick , political philosophy , social psychology , psychology , philosophy , politics , social science , mathematics , computer science , law , political science , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , programming language

This paper presents the concept of the idealization of the interchangeability of phases of life as an enhancement, or rather as a further development of Alfred Schutz’s general thesis of the reciprocity of perspectives. It claims that the according figure of thought is a constitutive part of acts of understanding in everyday life where, in order to understand each other, individuals of different age-groups have to overcome the difference of perspectives that are attached to their particular ages. This is accomplished by a specific assumption that is also applied in the case of intrasubjective, autobiographical understanding. By discussing its sociological significance as well as its philosophical background, this paper introduces the idealization of the interchangeability of phases of life as a fundamental and universal figure of understanding.

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