... the human sciences; he neglects the question of the truth, falsity or any anteriority (reference, intention, ownership) of these statements or even whether they make sense: these are all typically structualist moves.[4] Meaning, truth, and value can be ignored, as what people say can be explained by rules rather than what goes on in their minds. F can take these serious statements and examine non-seriously (ie, without recourse to interior meaning and reference but only to exterior discursive relations); the later F, emersed in history, will not be able to ignore these elements if he is to take these serious statements seriously.[5] Nonetheless, this approach led to 'an objective account of the rulelike way discourse organizes not only itself but social practices and institutions, and to a neglect of the way discursive practices are themselves affected by the social practices in which they and the investigator are imbedded.'[6] For ...

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