SOCI 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sociological Inquiry, Social Fact, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate
31 Oct 2017
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External, each individual is born into establish social structure, and pre existing norms/values (internally external) & social order is not created by an individual & individuals is one part of society. (cid:862) o(cid:272)ial fa(cid:272)t do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ate us a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)pose (cid:271)eliefs a(cid:374)d pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es upo(cid:374) us, but they rule us from within, for they are in every case an integral part of ourselves. Sociological explanations: water (h2o), whenever of any elements combine, give a rise to new phenomena, has their own reality (analogy to sociology, sociology is a distinct science applies to sociology, explanations in terms of properties of societies. Social fact must be explained in terms of other social facts. Studying social fact: rules of observing social facts, rules of classifying social types, rules for explaining social facts, rules for establishing sociological proofs, rules for distinguishing between the normal and the pathological. Rules of observing social facts: consider social facts as things.
