SYG-2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Change, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Auguste Comte
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A framework for organizing facts or findings. Summarizes why and how two or more things (facts) are related to one another. Advances thinking beyond simple descriptions of the world. Helps us develop generalized knowledge about our world. Knowledge that is applicable to more than one place more than one group of people more than just one individual. Generalized knowledge from theories helps us come up with viable solutions to social problems. Good theories are based on data that are carefully gathered and evaluated. Make sense of the multitude of facts we encounter in our social life. Provide guidelines for how to address problems. Theories help us understand why a series of facts are related e. g. , Height and earnings are related such that taller people earn more than short people. But not all men earn more than women; some women earn more than men. Wealthier people are generally taller than poor people. Theories can explain the link between earnings and height.
