GEOG 2260 Lecture : lecture 3

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>naturalism vs. anti-naturalism y can society be studied via natural science approaches? y people have reasons for doing things. Is there a real world out there? y y there is a real world, that is different then our beliefs. y realism = something real that can be touched, measured, observed Researchers need to be objective observers, all personal feelings/beliefs cannot be used when researching y anti-realism = all reality is made up in our minds, researchers have baggage/personal beliefs/etc results are different between researchers because they are individuals. Structure - look at a society as being made up of power structures ( government) which impact the way we behaverules y agency -individuals have power to impact the soceity. Different methodological approaches stem from different philosophical positions. Philosophy is to research as grammar is to language. Determine laws to explain/predict human behaviour via observable data & value-free research.

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