CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gie
6 Feb 2017
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Chapter 4: cri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al justice theor(cid:455): it"s ti(cid:373)e to ask wh(cid:455) Theorizing means employing real-world theories that help us to make sense of our surroundings and happenings. Theory and ideology both contains why assumptions and causal reasoning. They focus on what is or is not important, contains a group of ideas and concepts, and specify relationships among the ideas and concepts. Both explains why things are the way they are and/or what needs to be changed to alter circumstances. An ideology, however, is only a quasi-theory that lacks the critical features required of an academic theory. It differs from theory in that its assumptions and reasoning are dogmatic; meaning they are rigid, unyielding, and unreflective. Theory has an intrinsic basis in empirical evidence and attempts at validation or falsification. A system of interconnected ideas that condenses and organizes knowledge for the purposes of understanding and/ or explanation. Based on data, constantly tested and modified (living)
