Sociology 2240E Lecture 5: DURKHEIM VS WEBER

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2240E
• Professor: Charles Levine

Document Summary

Difference between durkheim"s conception of sociology as a science and. Cares what is going on between your ears. What he will argue is that empirical data is not sociologically relevant, unless it can be related to the meanings of the people it describes. Deals with meanings with individuals or groups. Only cares about correlation if there is an explanation for it based on the meanings of the minds based on the people it describes. Aka he wants to know what you are thinking as a participant in that correlation. 2 very different conceptions of what sociology is. Weber will agree with durkheim that correlation can be used within sociology. Disagrees with durkheim saying that we must use history with sociology. And instead of studying social facts we have to study social action. As a science that attempts the interpretive understanding of social action, in order to derive a causally adequate explanation for its course and its effects.