, SOCIAL REALITY: A REGULATORY AND INTERPRETATIVE APPROACH // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2021. №3. . - С. 67-72.

SOCIAL REALITY: A REGULATORY AND INTERPRETATIVE APPROACH

DOI: 10.18101/1994-0866-2021-3-67-72 UDK: 101.1: 316

In the article, we have attempted to consider approaches and strategies for study- ing social reality. The relevance of this research is associated with the current social trans- formations of modern society as a consequence of the computerization of all social spheres. As a methodological basis for the study, we have used regulatory and interpretative ap- proaches, as well as the general scientific principle of complementarity. Network theory is interpreted as a metatheory that explains the entire social reality. As a result of the study, we have concluded that it is necessary to consider social reality as an integral, universal, continuous-discontinuous process. Knowledge as one of the elements of this process not only enlarges the network structure, but also interprets and restructures it. So, a unified regulatory and interpretative approach is the most valid method for studying social reality.

social reality, regulatory and interpretive approach, complementarity principle, network theory, knowledge, information, values, regulations, meanings, language