SOC SCI 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Stratification, Empiricism, Physical Culture
1 Sep 2016
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To understand how social sciences depict/contribute to the understanding of social problems. What is the definition of social science? study of human beings and their social world (living with fellow humans) What are the various social sciences? anthropology, psychology, political science, economics, sociology, geography. What are the different ways of obtaining knowledge and answering questions?- science- common sense- authority- tradition/religion- logic/reasoning. We will have one or two questions regarding the actions of the nasa that hindered the accident investigation. the representative of nasa used common sense to describe the accident --> ignored that the foam is the cause of the accident. Physical culture (foam) vs. root cause (nasa culture - broken safety culture) Who is francis bacon?- father of modern science (scientist)- scientific method- separated science from church- uses induction logic- anti-theorist. Empiricism: scientific knowledge comes from observation with the sense - observations- data- induction. -> conclusions- not logic/innate knowledge- can"t study immaterial phenomena.
