AN200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hermeneutics, Social Fact, Social Forces
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Disenchantment of the world; look at the world through a different view empirical approach; 5 senses as a basis in which we gather information. Fa(cid:272)ts do(cid:374)"t speak fo(cid:396) the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es, the(cid:455) a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g o(cid:374)l(cid:455) i(cid:374) the (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t of so(cid:373)e e(cid:454)pla(cid:374)ato(cid:396)(cid:455) framework. Theory helps us distinguish between significant and meaningless information, guiding the collection of data in the first place theory is the guide. Help us think about who and what we are as a human by forcing us to consider the ways in which we understand cultures different from our own. If we strip culture away from individuals, we are degrading humans. We learn our way of thinking from our culture. A form of knowledge about reality that is subjected to evidence. We produce systems of knowledge that can be approved or disapproved. Places a priority on the gathering of evidence. Reasoning = if a situation holds in all observed cases, it holds in all cases.
