Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Moral Development, Anomie, Latency Stage
20 Apr 2018
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Said society best to be understood by applying sci method. Assumed behaviour is determined by natural laws and believed their task as scientists was to discover these laws seek to discover causes of crime by applying sci method. Causal relationships be true or are commonly shared as being true. These beliefs have been subjected to empirical testing (research). modern. Empirical- describes knowledge that is based on observation, experience, or experiment rather than on theory or philosophy. Some views academic or scientific and others are (cid:498)taken for granted understandings(cid:499) beliefs that are accepted as true simply bc they are either felt to. Postmodernists those who reject or challenge all that has been considered to be. Research systematic process of into gathering, analysis and reporting findings. Positivist 18th century philosophical, theoretical and methodological perspective positing that only that which is observable through the sci method is knowable .
