SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nomothetic, Feminist Theory, The Foundations
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The relationship between knowledge + the empirical evidence. Based on the scientific method: organize the knowledge so that it makes sense of it (we could understand) Cultural knowledge are the ways we become to know about ourselves but not the scientific ways of knowing. Using elements of scientific methods in order to understand social questions. Methods provide transparent way of collecting information + analyzing info = therefore, we could rely on it. News: more murders than in canada but it is not true: watching the news are a bad method to determinate crimes, measure economic advantage + disadvantage of immigration = more pay off than cost. When science generate knowledge: logical + empirical support: logical: it has to make sense logically, empirical: see the evidence + has to exist. Address the question how do we know what we think we know. Understanding the purpose + usefulness of different methods.
