CRM 1301 Lecture : Class 7a - The Emergence of Positivism.docx
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Theological: the age of the monarchy, religion, ideas explained by god. Metaphysical: the age of reason and law, things begin to be explained with reason. Positive: move away from asking how and begin to ask why. Objective: heavy reliance on observation and the scientific method. The positive school developed in the second half of the nineteenth century, rooted in the natural sciences, advances in bio, chem. etc. Referring to a method of analysis that is based on the collection of observable scientific facts (scientific method). A framework that shares a set of assumptions. 3 strains: biological positivism (genes, born this way), psychological positivism (subconscious, insanity) and sociological positivism (class inequality, upbringing within family) Reliance on the scientific method: demand for facts and scientific truth. Determinism: factors beyond the persons controlled, determined for them. Hard: the belief that the individual had no choice in a situation completely at the work of the external forces.