HSCI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cookie Dough, Social Theory, Proletariat

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 340
• Professor: Maya Gislason

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Paradox: we comprehend the social world from our position within it, no universal consensus as to the nature of the social world, or solutions to social problems. Implies a struggle to interpret the social world and establish methods for comprehending social relations and responding to social change. Supposition or system of ideas intended to explain something (patterns) based on general principles independent of the thing being explained. It is a proxy for real life, and takes the complexity to narrow it down to a domain it can explain. Tries to e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g that falls i(cid:374)to the (cid:862)(cid:374)et(cid:863) Analogy cutting out cookie dough and need to connect the spaces between the cookies to explain theories. Noun: systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. Advertising info/media pulls see problems about how an idea/product is being supported.