CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Hard Determinism, Auguste Comte, Scientific Method
14 Mar 2017
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Goodness and evil are attributed to the divine/supernatural. A discourse of ideas replaces supernatural beliefs. Focus" more on the how": positive. 19th century europe applicable to the social sciences. Based on a collection of observational facts explain and predict why" and why in uniform patterns. Presume cause comes before the presumed effect cause and effect are correlated correlation should not be spurious (false) Paradigm: frame work that shares a set of assumptions. Basic characteristics of positivism: determinism internal/external factors beyond their control (biologically different) Hard determinism = no choice, all-encompassing situation soft determinism = conditional free will (constrained, un/limited choices: differentiation see them differently. Body and mind differences focus" more on the actors (contacts, intentions) Offenders can be cured : reliance on experts for specialized knowledge treatment variations. *a crime is not simply just a crime. Classical school did not locate causes of crime. These treatments were in the name of science.
