SOCIOL 2S06 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ludwig Feuerbach, Auguste Comte, Dialectical Materialism
9 Dec 2014
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Reasons for studying sociological theory: sociological theory allows up to interpret different social conditions, and understand the world around us, sociological theory allows up to compare different perspectives on social conditions, to get new insights. Sociological theory began to emerge in the late 19th century. It could not have emerged earlier because of historical and intellectual developments. The enlightenment: was a period of intellectual development and change in philosophical thinking during the 17th and 18th century. It had an impact on social order and social change. This was problematic for people who saw the world through religion, and did not want change. Focus on reason- reason is the human ability to think about thing. It involved the ability to create, apply and evaluate knowledge: rationality- involves the use of reason to consider explanations regarding social reality, empiricism- involves the use of evidence to describe and analyze phenomena. Evidence allows us to go beyond rational thoughts.
