Cognitive Interests
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Cognitive Interests
Jürgen Habermas' concept of cognitive interests is central to his epistemological framework in Knowledge and Human Interests (1968). He argues that knowledge is not purely objective or value-neutral but is shaped by underlying human interests. He identifies three primary types of cognitive interests, each tied to different forms of knowledge production: Technical Interest, Practical Interest, and Emancipatory Interest
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Technical interests = aspects of knowledge and action concerned with manipulating the environment.
Practical interests = aspects of knowledge and action concerned with extending understanding and consensus.
Emancipatory interests = liberation from "historically contingent restraints through self-reflection. [1]
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- ↑ Scott, John P. “Critical Social Theory: An Introduction and Critique.” The British Journal of Sociology 29, no. 1 (1978): 1. https://doi.org/10.2307/589216. p. 2