SOC302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Altruistic Suicide, Social Fact
24 Mar 2015
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Epistemology- the branch of philosophy to do with how we know things the theory of knowledge. Descriptive/explanatory theory- describes and explains the nature of a given society brings value into their work at a conscious level, trying to avoid basing their conclusions on values. Normative theory- suggests what is right and wrong about that society and what needs to be done to change it they are making a conscious effort to citizen and reform society. Constant conjunction- when we see an alpha, we expect to see a beta, since we have seen them conjoined in the past. Deductive laws- argues that given cause x, phenomenon y will always happen. Inductive laws- used more in biology and social science. Express statistical regularities b/t groups of phenomena or b/t a group of phenomena and their supposed causes. Most social science is inductive falsifiability major issue in social science.
