SOCIOL 2Q06 Lecture 15: Sociology 2S06
1 Dec 2017
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B) key aspects of enlightenment thinking: reason, rationality, empiricism. Reason and rationality (moving beyond non-rational explanations of the world based on myth. Importance of religion and traditional values or institutions. Social phenomena understood through empiricism and science. Social statics (social structure) and social dynamics (social change) Refers to a system of thought which recognizes only that which can be scientifically verified or logically proved. Metaphysical and theological stages exist in positive stage which causes conflict. Methodology for sociology in the rules of sociological method. Need to find patterns or regularities in society (statistics) Influence of the conservative reaction and . A way of thinking and a view of the world that stresses the importance of conflicts and contradictions. Clashing between conflicts and contradictions causes something new to emerge. Emphasizes the importance of the mind and mental products rather than the material, physical world. Disagreed with hegel"s idea of idealism instead he preferred to focus on materialism.
