sociology & science Flashcards
1
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positivism - durkheim
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study of suicide = evidence (indicative)
2
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positivism - popper
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can be scientific but not fully
-can’t be falsified = marx theory of revolution
3
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positivism - bloor
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symmetry = all social phenomena should be explained the same way
4
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positivism - slayer
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sociology can be scientific if it adapts procedures
5
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criticism of positivism
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society is not comparable to the natural world as it is a social construct
6
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interpretivism - Kuhn
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see scientists as objective and neutral
-paradigms = framework for thinking
-scientists ignore evidence that doesn’t fit into their framework
7
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criticism of interpretivism
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rorty = sociology shouldn’t aspire to be scientific
lakatos = modern science is open to testing new ideas = theories outdated
