SOCB43H3 Lecture : Simmel
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Weber: science cannot tell you what the purpose in life is only art, politicians, etc can do this. Science can however, tell you how to achieve certain goals. Science was becoming a threat to all other views because people started realizing that science does give answers. Durkheim: science can tell us how to live life and give us answers to the purpose in life (which is to specialize organic solidarity). How it can be implemented is political, practical work of the bureaucratic and workers. Mead: combines both prior perspectives; start with a vague idea of what you want to do and figure it out by using intelligence (ie science) and then reshape it. Science allows you to figure out your goals and changing them so you can create new goals. Increase public health look around at things people do and how it contributes to good/bad health.