German: ErkenntnisinteresseEnglish translation: conceptual interests 
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Social Sciences - Philosophy / theory | | German term or phrase: Erkenntnisinteresse | Not much context, except that sociological theories and their "Erkenntnisinteresse" are concerned. So what is NOT intended here is something like "thirst for/interest in knowledge".
Any ideas? Many thanks! |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseJohanna Timm, PhD: 4:16pm Jun 15, 2007: Could you please provide at least the entire German sentence in which the term occurs? A paragraph would be even better 8-) Thanks.
Textworks Translations: 9:35pm Jun 15, 2007: I wish I could, but it's merely a table of contents I'm looking at, and one of the headlines reads "Theorie, Erkenntnisinteresse und Theorievielfalt"...
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| | aim of the inquiry | Explanation:
Difficult to judge without further context, but "Erkenntnisinteresse" is often just a scientific synonym for "Zielsetzung".
.... sociological theories and the aims of their proponents ...
.... sociological theories and the aims of the inquiries that led to them ...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-06-15 12:45:02 GMT)
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I like Millay's suggestion, maybe something like
.... sociological theories and the scientific agendas of their proponents ....
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2007-06-16 10:19:46 GMT)
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Even the minimal context is better than none. So, for
"Theorie, Erkenntnisinteresse und Theorievielfalt"..
as a title, how about:
Theories, their premises and their diversity.
Theories, Premises and Theoretical Diversity
Theories, Epistemology and Theoretical Diversity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociological_theory
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| Selected response from:
 Craig Meulen
Germany
| Note from asker to answererThanks Craig, your answer was most helpful. We eventually went for "Theory, Conceptual Interests, and Theoretical Diversity"
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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58 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 |
| epistemic interest
Explanation:
a nice explanation is given here (on page 4 of the PDF):
Reference: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~jebert/Accessibility/Schwartz_19...
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| aim of the inquiry
Explanation:
Difficult to judge without further context, but "Erkenntnisinteresse" is often just a scientific synonym for "Zielsetzung".
.... sociological theories and the aims of their proponents ...
.... sociological theories and the aims of the inquiries that led to them ...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-06-15 12:45:02 GMT)
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I like Millay's suggestion, maybe something like
.... sociological theories and the scientific agendas of their proponents ....
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2007-06-16 10:19:46 GMT)
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Even the minimal context is better than none. So, for
"Theorie, Erkenntnisinteresse und Theorievielfalt"..
as a title, how about:
Theories, their premises and their diversity.
Theories, Premises and Theoretical Diversity
Theories, Epistemology and Theoretical Diversity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociological_theory
| Craig Meulen
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 3
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thanks Craig, your answer was most helpful. We eventually went for "Theory, Conceptual Interests, and Theoretical Diversity" |
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