Sociology and Science

Question 1

Evaluate the claim that sociology can and should be a science (Intro)

Answer 1

Science produces true ‘objective’ knowledge about the world around us.

Question 2

Para 1: Positivists, Durkheim

Answer 2

Positivists, like Comte, believe that sociology can and should be a science because it is possible to apply the ‘logic and methods of the natural sciences’ to the study of society