SOCIOL 3A03 Lecture Notes - Falsifiability, System On A Chip, Symbolic Interactionism
25 Jun 2014
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Makes categories and assumptions explicit and opens up medium to rething. Continuing theme studying classical theory is imp to contemp stuff. Scientific theories: explain and predict the phenomena in question, produce testable and thus falsifiable hypotheses. What is socio theory: socio theories tend to be more evaluative and grounded on moral assumptions and understandings. Durkhiem was very scientific but other socio were not just studying society but also thinking about ways to bring about a more just and equitable society. Comign up with universal alws on how society has developed and how pple behave the way they do is diff cuz there is variations and differences. It was a period of freedom and knowledge focused on human happiness self actualization. Women took an active part in the enlightenment brings out equality. In this enligh view, civilization was sturggle to overcome resistance of traditional cultures (superstitions, loyalities to divinity) get pple to questions their loyality to kings/rulers/gods.
