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Theorizing Everyday Life

Theorizing Everyday Life
Published On: 10-Aug-2021
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Humans have been directly influenced by nature ever since this world came into existence. Scientists still try to figure out the reasons and causes for the creation of  earth. They are in a constant battle of assuming, predicting and trying to explain the possible logical explanations for the creation of earth. In order to know about what exists and how it came into existence, several theories were proposed to explain why. For instance; the big bang theory. Theorization is a norm. Researchers have classified theories into two classifications. Scientists emphasize more on theories which are experimental in nature and the social scientists tend to study human behavior and take the world as a laboratory and conduct experiments on human behavior in different ways. The practice of use of previous theories has created room for new ideas and earlier theories get replaced by new ones with changing scenarios and world dynamics. The whole process is an endless series of academia. 

A theory is an idea or notion and a systematic way of looking at things in a different way which helps researchers and scientists to conduct further study on every aspect of human history, mind and life. The theory of evolution has strong grounds in history but the social scientists have developed new understandings of the evolving world over time. This makes theorization omnipresent and it took centuries to take this turn. It has been in practice since ages and today the post-doctoral and even fresh-graduates use different theories as an important part of their academic study.

Humans observe and the pursuit follows. Humans have their own theories of life apart from academic research and history. The theory of doing well and having well has been fed to the minds since a young age. All ideas revolve around different theories that humans follow and abide by. Even psychology and minds and behaviors are explained with theory. We all possess a unique set of traits and a theory that we abide by when we take an action or aim for an agenda. This systematic observation is a common practice of humans and their ideas change with manipulation or setbacks and depends on many external and internal factors. Everyday we face some problem, we deal with the query by interpreting the situation and by implying some theory, and thus we act or react.

Without theories it becomes difficult to organize thoughts and ideas, existing or collected data, analyzing and brainstorming to answer the questions. The relationship between concepts and interpretation of those ideas cannot be understood without a theory. This makes theory more of an educated guess, with reference to the case study being observed on any subject matter and, so, in that context only theories address the question of why and how. Without a theory into practice the decision or observation made could either be flawed or is biased to some extent. A biased decision or calculation is not rational in its approach, whereas a theory provides the best possible solution to a problem which is rational in nature. Without a theoretical framework queries cannot be truly justified to explain anything whether it’s a problem of a daily life crisis or academia when conducting research.

Theorists still wonder and dig information about the reality of this world. This makes theories of epistemology and ontology important and ground-breaking that the world is divided into two groups which have different belief systems: one accepts the existence of reality, other questions reality itself. This makes the people think more critically on how to view the reality of life and how not to create room for subjectivity and objective reality. Constructivists also have a similar view and believe that the world is a socially-constructed reality. Even the post-modernists deny the reality of life and tend to emphasize more on the hidden meanings in words and contexts. This makes social theories very different from scientific theories. As the saying goes, everything is connected and connects at some point. Social values and science work hand in hand for an improved life where knowledge has no boundaries and the ideas cannot be depreciated. Even the theories of conflict are studied to maintain order and peace, hence humans believe and live a peaceful life.

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