SOC221H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Joseph Goebbels, Gender Inequality, Fallacy
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Soc221 lecture 1 logic of social inquiry: 30% of the tests is based on lecture, 60% is based on textbook and other reading. Tradition: gender inequality has existed in most societies, gender inequality is inevitable, reality is socially constructed, it is always changing, epistemology branch of philosophy that concerns knowledge. Just because something doesn"t exist doesn"t mean it can"t exist: 2. Argumentum ad auctoritatem (argument based on authority): a harvard study has found that women who shop more often are happier, shopping is an independent cause of happiness. Wealth and income causes people to be happier: example: media influences peoples point of view, say favour a gov"t bc they have power, 3. Casual observation (systematic evidence is not sought, knowledge is untested: observed what"s in front of you, no generational gap, 4. Selective observation (evidence is sought to prove a point or a preconceived idea, but not systematically or exhaustively: seek evidence, usually case with politicized opinion.
