SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scientific Revolution, Antipositivism
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Our perception of ourselves and others are the products of many factors: minority status 2. Law of 3 stages: theological- religious outlook, the world is an expression of. God metaphysical- a period of questioning and challenging positive-rules of observation, experimentation and logic. The political revolution: renaissance to the enlightenment (machiavelli, locke, Descartes, rousseau) promotion of individual rights and social responsibility, equality of opportunity and the political ideology of democracy. The industrial revolution (1750): changed virtually every aspect of ones lives. Moved from an agricultural society based on local food production for local consumption to regional and national distribution networks -resulted in new social problems. Positivism: theoretical approach that considers all understanding to be based on science -there exists an objective knowable reality, singular explanation, value- free. Anti- positivism: theoretical approach that considers knowledge and understanding to be the result of human subjectivity -rejects each of the positivist assumptions.
