Mini test notes - Functionalism and soc as a science

Q1) Outline and explain two reasons why some perople argue that sociology cannot be a science.

Interpretivism: 

• cant be a science; science studes matter, while sociology studies laws of cause and effect
• sociology stuies peole, who have consciousness, so camt be studied with same rules as science studies physics and biology as they are non-sentient, with n free-will to excersise  
• interpretivism and suicide: we cant know rate of suicide as we dont messure the cause of deat, we can ony study…