social as a science
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- social as a science
- why this is a debate?
- interpretivists - provide alternatives to positivists . sociology cannot be studied in the same way as science. Weber concept of Versetehen subjective and place in other persons position to understand.
- positivism - durkheim believed comte had not successfully established sociology as a scientific discipline.
- Popper- falsification- cannot be proven wrong. valid science aims to refute hypothesis. all swans are white. if we can find a black swan we can challenge the statement
- natural sciences - biology and chemistry. key aims: searching for natural laws
- interpretivists - provide alternatives to positivists . sociology cannot be studied in the same way as science. Weber concept of Versetehen subjective and place in other persons position to understand.
- Thomas Kuhn: structure of scientific revolutions yes/no
- detailed analysis of the history of natural sciences . goes through scientific revolutions known as "paradigm shifts" Newton to Einstein theory of physics.
- sociology fits the theory as paradigms compete and theres no broad dominant perspective yes or no about sociology as a science. third position.
- detailed analysis of the history of natural sciences . goes through scientific revolutions known as "paradigm shifts" Newton to Einstein theory of physics.
- realist view of science - sayar (1984) closed and open systems. open-variables cannot be controlled.
- evaluation
- it could be a science (Popper), it wont ever be (interactionists, interpretivists)
- what is a science?
- Durkheim-objective facts, sociology study of suicide.
- objectivity of science
- Bloor - mistake to see science as apart from the social world.
- why this is a debate?
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