反身性与“曼海姆悖论”——兼论相对主义社会学的可能性

This paper focuses on the relation between reflexivity and sociology of knowledge. The term “reflexivity” has two essential references: self reflection and self refutation. Mannheim’s sociology of knowledge is based on historicism which is relativistic, so the theory of sociology of knowledge is self-refutatory. Mannheim tried to use self reflection as instrument to destruct Mannheim Paradox but be failed. Sociology of scientific knowledge (SSK) attempts to dissolve the paradox by asserting its relativism, but the paradox remains. In the auther’s opinion, the paradox can’t be dissolved and so Mannheim and SSK’s ambition of constructing epistemology of relativism for sociology is impossible in the context of rationalism.