Intro

Question 1

Doubt everything

Answer 1

Be skeptical of authority and tradition

Think critically about all claims to knowledge

Identify and question that which is taken for granted

Question 2

Debate claims to knowledge

Answer 2

Accept that knowledge itself does not exist

Debate alternative claims to knowledge in a transparent manner

Engage with a community of sociologist to assess alternative claims to knowledge

Question 3

Use empirical evidence

Answer 3

Support claims to knowledge through empirical evidence - not normative exhortations, metaphors, or purely rhetorical strategies

Carefully document methods (how empirical evidence was gathered)

Question 4

Be logical and rigorous

Answer 4

Avoid fallacious reasoning

Ground empirical research in conceptual and theoretical work to link new observations with existing claims to knowledge