Sociology as a science
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- Sociology as a science
- sociology can be a science
- positivists
- quantitative data
- statistics are scientific
- patterns and trends
- quantitative data
- Emile Durkheim
- 'scientific laws'
- established pattern of behaviour, predict future events; solve social issues
- example: Durkheim's suicide study
- established pattern of behaviour, predict future events; solve social issues
- 'scientific laws'
- positivists
- sociology cannot be a science
- interpretivists
- we're heterogeneous
- humans cannot be controlled
- everything about science is artificial
- people are unpredictable
- Kuhn
- sociology doesn't have paradigms
- science does have paradigms, such as all believing in evolution theory
- example: theories disagree with and criticise each other
- to be scientific sociology needs shared beliefs
- unrealistic conclusion
- sociology doesn't have paradigms
- interpretivists
- sociology should be a science
- sociology would become more credible
- science and sociology both use factual evidence
- natural science has a clear effect on that such as medical practice. sociology has similar influence, just on the social world.
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- sociology would become more credible
- sociology shouldn't be a science
- scientists cheat
- Kaplan (1964)
- only 1/4 scientists were willing to provide original data
- British Medical Journal said 1 in 5% of publish articles reach minimum standards
- scientists pick what they publish
- British Medical Journal said 1 in 5% of publish articles reach minimum standards
- only 1/4 scientists were willing to provide original data
- Kaplan (1964)
- Post modernists
- we see natural science as superior
- verstehen
- sociologists must have empathy for people, whereas scientists do not need empathy for inanimate objects
- scientists cheat
- sociology can be a science
- Auguste Comte
- the natural world is like the social one and do can be studied in the same way
- sociology can be a science
- positivists
- quantitative data
- statistics are scientific
- patterns and trends
- quantitative data
- Emile Durkheim
- 'scientific laws'
- established pattern of behaviour, predict future events; solve social issues
- example: Durkheim's suicide study
- established pattern of behaviour, predict future events; solve social issues
- 'scientific laws'
- positivists
- Karl Popper
- sociology isn't a science because it doesn't falsify
- sociology uses an inductive method, not deductive
- interpretivists
- we're heterogeneous
- humans cannot be controlled
- everything about science is artificial
- people are unpredictable
- sociology needs to change to count as a science
- five key features of scientific method
- hypothesis formation
- falsification
- prediction
- theory formation
- scrutiny
- sociology isn't a science because it doesn't falsify
- practical issues
- problem of prediction
- sociology shouldn't be a science
- scientists cheat
- Kaplan (1964)
- only 1/4 scientists were willing to provide original data
- British Medical Journal said 1 in 5% of publish articles reach minimum standards
- scientists pick what they publish
- British Medical Journal said 1 in 5% of publish articles reach minimum standards
- only 1/4 scientists were willing to provide original data
- Kaplan (1964)
- Post modernists
- we see natural science as superior
- verstehen
- sociologists must have empathy for people, whereas scientists do not need empathy for inanimate objects
- scientists cheat
- artificiality
- ethical issues
- validity
- empirical observation
- Hawthorne effect
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