SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auguste Comte, Cople, Sociological Perspectives
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Postmodern sociologists: believe some of the scientific assumptions are faulty: question assumptions 2: we lack the capacity to gather accurate information. Most sociologists: science is difficult, especially sociology (lack of controlled experiments: impossible, immoral. Goal of most sociologists: cannot come up with scientific laws, only greater understanding (reject hard core positivism described in the textbook but still accept the scientific method. Sociology is the scientific study of social relations, focusing on diverse types of social relations and the link between individuals and social structures. Another way to consider what sociology is to look at what sociologists do. Textbook says they analyze patterns of social relations. Type of people using drive thru at tim"s. Type of people who support/oppose gay marriage (youth, francophones, women, athiests in favour) v. (elderly, anglos, men, fundamentalists are opposed) More than finding, sociology tries to explain them. Was the first discipline within the social sciences.
