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Sociology as a Science (For Science (positivists) (Durkheim- he used…
Sociology as a Science
For Science (positivists)
Comte - All knowledge is based on scientific thought
Weber - All behaviour is influenced by the meaning of the situation
Objective Social Facts
Statistics and Correlations
Laws of Human Nature
Inductive
Verification
Durkheim- he used quantitative data from coroners reports to prove the causes of suicide
the use of quantitative data is objective as there is no influence from the researcher
Popper - Nothing can be proved, so science aims to falsify not verify
Science as Falsification
Against Science ( interpretivists)
Empiricism
career trajectories- Gouldner
Phenomonology
Subjectivity
Atkinson- used to criticise Durkheim- a person who committed suicide or not is based on opinion- carried out an interview with police officers and found statistical patterns in suicide simply reflected the assumptions that influenced the decisions of the coroner
Kuhn- scientists work within the framework and so scientists tend to support the theories rather than falsify them