Short reading report on "Sociologizing metaphysics and mind"

For all that knowledge I have learned, talking about what is knowledge, what is the unit to analyze, then what truth should be recognized, that are basic process at least to start knowledge building. Somehow in pragmatism, it is no use to separate epistemology and ontology, for the reason that pragmatists deem concept as a tool, instead of basic fact, and convert metaphysical presuppositions into decidable problems(p,101).

Habits are behaviors that to be seen for observation and inquiry. Rationalists conceptualize behaviors as choice of decisions by mind. Yet all these years I have doubted if human’s mind could be powerful enough to control his/her own behaviors, and even to analyze other human’s behavior. If the answer in not certain, that could a breakdown of current knowledge system.

What is the real implication of habit? Before reading this article, I have an assumption that people’s habit is the reflection of his/her own life context, including living circumstances, working specie, growing experiences…so on. The assumption is based on the uncertainty of the urge to habits. This assumption has created a new way to presume people’s behaviors, the mind is not the main mechanism. It leaves me empty space to find out the real reason of why. Here is where the old-me stop thinking and acting, yet, it is not so easy to figure the real problem taking combination of people’s mind and action into account.