LA LOGICA DEL PENSIERO QUOTIDIANO
RIFLESSIONI SULLE “REALTA’ MULTIPLE” DI ALFRED SCHUTZ
Gianni Trimarchi

In this paper, I analyse A. Schutz’ essay of 1945 On Multiple Realities, together with two works by W. James which are often quoted by Schutz and are a sort of basis for his essay. From his point of view, social events should not be considered in a positivist sense, in relation with their effcient causes. Rather, they are to be analyzed on the basis of the meaning that they acquire as multiple realities, in the process of being constantly re-planned. Here, internal time or durée and external time interact. Alfred Schutz’ categories have been largely used by several anthropologists and sociologists who wish to emphasize the dimension of possibility of life