SA 255 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Karl Popper, Logical Positivism, Verstehen

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 255
• Professor: Samantha May

Document Summary

Epistemology: questions about theory of knowledge (positivist vs. interpretivist)! Inductive approach: observations > develop theory > veri cation of theory > law! Method: techniques available to collect evidence about social world! Methodology: research strategies as a whole (political, theoretical, philosophical implications of choosing research method)! Two components of research: means (method) and end (knowledge)! Paradigm: cluster of beliefs that dictates how scientists go about w/ research! Epistemological position: understanding what is acceptable knowledge! History: enlighten period industrialization (god reason behind everything): theories/laws now explain world! Characteristics: : based on empirical observations / quantitative (ex. experiments, surveys, highly-! structured, large-scale, statistically-based)! Verstehen (to understand/put self in other"s shoes)! Social research by understanding historical, social, and political context that restrict human thoughts/actions! Analytic-inductive method: research-then-theory: laws = assumption that is works; there will always be new evidence to test, solution: nd new data, test against theory if data refutes theory = theory ! questionable! Ontology > epistemology > methodology > methods!