This article offers an account of a conceptual framework in Max Weber’s writings offering leverage on empirical, normative, and theoretical questions. Weber relied on the notion of Voraussetzung—presupposition—across his work to distinguish the criteria of concepts of empirical phenomena, accounts of such phenomena, and conditions shaping evaluative stands among alternative courses of action. Weber also refers to Denkvoraussetzungen—presuppositions of thought—which refer to sets of fundamental principles structuring experience. Presuppositions of thought represent historically specific metaphysical and ontological orientations. Based on a systematic analysis of Weber’s work, this article reconstructs the three main forms taken by the concept Voraussetzung in Weber’s writings (i.e., structuring logics, value stands, and presuppositions of thought). This article challenges sociologists to identify presuppositions of thought and to describe their ramifications throughout society.

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韦伯前提分析

本文介绍了Max Weber著作中的概念框架，该框架利用了经验，规范和理论问题。韦伯在他的工作中依靠“预设”的概念来区分经验现象的概念标准，这种现象的解释以及形成评估立场的条件。韦伯还提到“思想的前提”，即“思想的前提”，它指的是构成经验的一系列基本原则。思想的预设代表了历史上特定的形而上学和本体论取向。在对韦伯的工作进行系统分析的基础上，本文重构了韦伯著作中的概念Voraussetzung采取的三种主要形式（即结构逻辑，价值立场和思想预设）。