Sociology 2270A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Falsifiability, Intentionality, Omphaloskepsis

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2270A/B
• Professor: Robert Nonomura

Document Summary

Lecture 2 - sociological thinking and the philosophy of. Why are you here: casual explanation ( factors causing this outcome, tensions between: To guide and suggest social investigations about social reality. Theory: a system of general statements or propositions about a phenomenon: part of science that makes stuff make sense. Two parts: explains and predicts phenomena, produces testing and thus falsifiable hypotheses. Hypothesis : a prediction of a relationship among two or more variables: covariation, a part of science where you put your theory on the line. Observations : part of science where you actually get to see things in action. Laws (empirical generalization) : reliable confirmed hypothesis: part of science where we pick and identify patterns and regularities. Deduction: moves from general --> specific, the process of moving from a series of accepted premises/ ideas to arrive at a logical conclusion, can be a perfectly logical process.