Postmodernism, Sociology & Science

Question 1

postmodernism & science

Answer 1

debating where sociology should adopt scientific method is pointless

Question 2

postmodernism & science - how do they see science?

Answer 2

as a metanarrative

Question 3

postmodernism & science - why is there a loss of faith that scientific methods can improve the world?

Answer 3

creates risks instead of solutions

GM food, climate change, pollution, antibiotic-resistant

Question 4

postmodernism & science - why is factual descriptions of social life socially constructed?

Answer 4

sociological researchers place frameworks on the world

Question 5

postmodernism & science - why is pointless to find social causes of behaviour?

Answer 5

social structures have weakened
society is fragmented and constantly changing
social causes specific to each individual

Question 6

postmodernism & science - how do they see objectivity & value-freedom?

Answer 6

as a way to present views as more superior when they’re all equally valid