SOC231H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Social Theory
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Chapter 3: european enlightenment and early social thought. The enlightenment: renaissance: a movement originating in italy and extending progressively to the rest of. Sometimes this is called the top-down approach because the researcher starts at the top with a very broad spectrum of information and they work their way down to a specific conclusion. Inductive reasoning works the opposite way, moving from specific observations to broader generalizations and theories. This is sometimes called a bottom up approach. Newton, john locke, david hume and immanuel kant, believed in the importance of data based on experience and observation a priori is a latin term which literally means before (the fact). When used in reference to knowledge questions, it means a type of knowledge which is derived without experience or observation a posteriori literally mean after (the fact). When used in reference to knowledge questions, it means a type of knowledge which is derived through experience or observation.
