SCS 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pragmatism, Intersubjectivity, Scientific Method

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Social Sciences
• Course: SCS 2150
• Professor: Zeina Abou- Rizk

Document Summary

Identify the methodologies and methods and theories used. Format: cover page, citations, bibliography [list of references, correspond to citations] summarize the results of the studies in the literature. Comparing the texts: in the literature it shows for example in this study . 10 peer reviewed articles [may use additional non-peer reviewed article after the initial 10] Summarize all article and smash them together in one paper. Positivism: is the view that social phenomena (such as human social behavior and how societies are structured) ought to be studied using only the methods of the natural sciences. So, positivism is a view about the appropriate methodology of social science, emphasizing empirical observation. Aim is to collect data on the social world to explain social phenomenon. Must use methods of the natural sciences to do research. Characterized by the prediction and explain of behaviors and phenomenon through the pursuit of objectivity, researcher"s detachment from the research.