SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Millipede, Depth Perception, Content Analysis
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Philosophical origins: epistemology: how do we know what we know(what are the limits of our knowledge /we know but how do we know ?, ontology: what is real, common sense vs. social science. Common sense: deference to tradition or authority, limited in scope, unsystematic, illogical reasoning. Social science: rules govern observations, findings, and conclusion. Ideology: absolute, fixed, closed, avoid tests, blind to evidence, contradictions, and inconsistencies, locked into specific moral position, highly partial. If you think your country is best it is not true because it is not open to critique and it is not going to change if you point out its inconsistencies (being ideological: testing an idea . Idiographic vs. nomothetric: one case vs. a set of cases. Qualitative vs. quantitative: context and depth perception vs. generalization and prediction. Inductive-start from something general and becoming detailed (investigate reproductive cycle of millipede: to find use for the research applied research.
