Warrants for Judgment The Textual Representation of Embodied Sensory Experience

No consistent sociology could ever present knowledge as a fantasy unconnected with our experiences of the material world around us. [Pg.181]

This chapter argues that individuals and agencies can potentially deploy three different types of warrants grounded in embodied sensory experience [Pg.182]

Pit sense (embodied sensory knowledge) Direct physical sensations felt or perceived in highly specific local environments. Miners feel or sense this knowledge as physical signs or sensations in their bodies. [Pg.182]

Engineering experience Physical signs or indices embodied in objects and materials. Engineers observe and record this information as the material history of particular sites. [Pg.182]

Scientific (invisible) knowledge Physical forces, particles, materials, and interactions which are sensed or perceived as data in language, physical tracings, written reports, and inscriptions. Scientists read and interpret data in order to formulate knowledge that is literally invisible to the physical senses. [Pg.182]

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