Authorizing Family Science: An Analysis of the Objectifying Practices of Family Science Discourse
Keywords
emotional transmission, knowledge, objectivity, scientific writing, theory
Abstract
Contemporary objectifying practices in family science discourse, grounded in an objectivist epistemological framework, often deauthorize the scientific text and fail to frame the constructs in an explicit argumentative and theoretical context. Such practices contribute to the marginalization of theory and the acceptance of insufficiently analyzed empirical claims about families. Adopting an alternative set of objectifying practices, grounded in a constructionist epistemological framework that aims to fully authorize and advance its knowledge claims in an open, self‐reflexive, argumentative process will invigorate the importance of theory in the field and promote the production of more empirically justifiable and scientific knowledge claims about families.
Original Publication Citation
Knapp, Stan J. 2002. “Authorizing Family Science: An Analysis of the Objectifying Practices of Family Science Discourse.” Journal of Marriage and Family 64: 1038-1048.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Knapp, Stan J., "Authorizing Family Science: An Analysis of the Objectifying Practices of Family Science Discourse" (2004). Faculty Publications. 2524.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/2524
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2004-02-19
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5358
Publisher
Journal of Marriage and Family
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Family Life