SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Constructionism, Nomothetic, Class Conflict
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Sept 18th lecture 2 sociological knowledge and science. Can help us figure out where you fit into society and how you can make society fit you. Babbie: sociology is the study of our rules for living together, what they are, how they arise, and how they change. Recursive quality to human life that makes anything we know tentative. More pressing need for sociological insights today than at any time in history? (good discussion question) Tradition & authority -> provide us with starting points, but should not be the end. Science is about meticulously controlling for these errors and go beyond tradition and authority. In the first place sociology, unlike common sense, makes an effort to subordinate itself to the rigorous rules of responsible speech. Second, there is the size of the field from which the material for sociological thinking is drawn.
