The Logic of Practice
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The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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| The Logic of Practice canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Logic of Practice Context triple: [Pierre Bourdieu, notableWork, The Logic of Practice]
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A.
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry is John Dewey’s major work on logic, presenting a pragmatic account of reasoning as an experimental, inquiry-driven process grounded in experience.
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The Logical Structure of the World
The Logical Structure of the World is Rudolf Carnap’s seminal 1928 work in which he develops a rigorous, formal reconstruction of all scientific concepts from a phenomenalist basis, serving as a foundational text of logical positivism.
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From a Logical Point of View
From a Logical Point of View is a landmark collection of philosophical essays by W.V.O. Quine that helped reshape analytic philosophy, especially through its critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction and its naturalized approach to epistemology.
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Logic of Scientific Discovery is Karl Popper’s foundational philosophical work that introduces falsifiability as the key criterion distinguishing scientific theories from non-scientific ones.
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On Interpretation
On Interpretation is a foundational philosophical treatise by Aristotle that examines language, meaning, and the logical structure of propositions, laying groundwork for later logic and semantics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Logic of Practice Target entity description: The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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A.
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry
Logic: The Theory of Inquiry is John Dewey’s major work on logic, presenting a pragmatic account of reasoning as an experimental, inquiry-driven process grounded in experience.
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B.
The Logical Structure of the World
The Logical Structure of the World is Rudolf Carnap’s seminal 1928 work in which he develops a rigorous, formal reconstruction of all scientific concepts from a phenomenalist basis, serving as a foundational text of logical positivism.
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C.
From a Logical Point of View
From a Logical Point of View is a landmark collection of philosophical essays by W.V.O. Quine that helped reshape analytic philosophy, especially through its critique of the analytic–synthetic distinction and its naturalized approach to epistemology.
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D.
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
The Logic of Scientific Discovery is Karl Popper’s foundational philosophical work that introduces falsifiability as the key criterion distinguishing scientific theories from non-scientific ones.
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E.
On Interpretation
On Interpretation is a foundational philosophical treatise by Aristotle that examines language, meaning, and the logical structure of propositions, laying groundwork for later logic and semantics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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sociological work ⓘ |
| approach |
genetic structuralism
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relational sociology ⓘ |
| author | Pierre Bourdieu ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
embodied dispositions
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practical knowledge ⓘ social reproduction of domination ⓘ social space ⓘ symbolic violence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| critiques |
objectivism
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structuralism ⓘ subjectivism ⓘ |
| developsConcept |
doxa
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field ⓘ habitus ⓘ heterodoxy ⓘ orthodoxy ⓘ practical sense ⓘ strategy (as practical logic) ⓘ symbolic capital ⓘ symbolic power ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how social practices are reproduced
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how social practices are structured ⓘ |
| influencedField |
anthropology of practice
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cultural studies ⓘ education sociology ⓘ political sociology ⓘ sociology of culture ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anthropology
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field (sociology) ⓘ habitus ⓘ practice theory ⓘ social reproduction ⓘ social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ symbolic power ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le sens pratique ⓘ |
| proposes | overcoming opposition between objectivism and subjectivism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Les Éditions de Minuit ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
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Outline of a Theory of Practice ⓘ The Field of Cultural Production ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | theory of practice ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| translationTitle | The Logic of Practice self-link ⓘ |
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