Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Freethought, Harmony Society, Scientific Method
3 Apr 2016
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Organicism assumes 3 things that the scienist cannot assume. A scienist will never assume that these things are true before the fact-- can be an organicist then . Why would comte assert the truth value of both at the same ime. The scieniic method cannot undo these truths, but they can help to explain them. He"s assering that it"s true that we ought to keep our hands of of society. Comte starts sociology of with a conservaive message/bias -- don"t rock the boat. (use science not to quesion society Is a law of social change that refers to changes in knowledge systems, socieies, individuals . A theological way of knowing the world tries to explain it by assering a irst and inal cause. (god"s intenions, god"s existence) It"s the asserion of a inal voice (for the truth). Metaphysical: short ,transiional stage. (a couple hundred years of history).
