SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anthony Giddens, Thomas Kuhn, Michel Foucault

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Review questions for the material covered in week one (13) from the reading activity study guides in. Kuhn thought that the development-by-accumulation model created more difficulties than it solves making it harder, not easier to understand and explain scientific progress. The term episteme represents the fundamental code of a culture. The episteme of an era influences the intellect"s apprehension and the emotions" assessment of the world and it shapes the level of human action where intellect and emotion combine. The human sciences arose for the first time with the onset of the modern episteme. Parsons" success stems from three key factors: substance, time and place, and the fundamental nature of the scientific enterprise. Parsons" focus moves from a theory dealing primarily with social action to one that concentrates on the nature of social action to one that concentrates on the nature of social systems. Metatheory represents a straightforward process of inquiry or area of study.