SOCI 1001H Lecture 3: Sociology September 27
29 Nov 2016
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Obstacles of applying science to the study of social groups/social life. What(cid:859)s goi(cid:374)g o(cid:374) (cid:271)eyo(cid:374)d o(cid:396) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the o(cid:271)(cid:448)ious. Much of our understanding of the world is based on common sense. Common sense is the feeling one often has about a situation. Sometimes common sense has a basis of truth and is sometimes extremely inaccurate. We are trying to find what is under these common sense notions. Much of the way we are socialized in society is through accepting the common sense notions in society. It is normal to accept these things that is common sense because we cannot believe everything only once we have experienced things on or own. A scientific understanding of a phenomenon must have both logical and empirical support. In contrast to common sense is a scientific approach of attempting the scientific principles and apply those to the social world. We take these principles and add them to.
