SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Isaac Newton, Nationstates, Auguste Comte
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The intellectual revolution (1500s to 1600s pre-modernity) Objectivism (knowledge and truth) = methodical doubt (wipe out all existing ideas) Argued true knowledge requited correct reason + empirical data. 1st fully systematic presentation of method we now call science. *technology aided in replication and recording, allowing for more scientific exploration. This growth is achieved through modern observation and experimentation, and that"s how we arrive at the truth. Positivism path to understanding based on science. Importance: applied scientific approach to study of society, allowed for sociologist to use a scientific approach in sociology. Refers to social patterns resulting from industrialization. Modernization: process of social change initiated by industrialization. Factory-based industrial economy, this is the centralization of work -> migrate to cities and urban settings instead of cottages and rural areas. This creates urbanization, small tight-knit group of people. Gossip played a role in keeping people in line. Communites are more self-sustainable and produces what others will use.
