SOC 1105 Lecture Notes - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Neil Smelser, Logical Positivism
3 Oct 2012
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A plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena. Humans at their most creative (the best that you can get), may never be proven. Logical empiricism: verites (truth) whatever bible or scripture existed was true in that time vs. finding things out for yourself, testing what you know and believe to be true (being logical) The study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity. Using science as a way of gauging the truth and finding outcomes. An assessment of social institutions by role: the analysis and explanation of social institutions according to the function they perform in society. Example: the family seen as an institution for social stability and cohesion (african countries marrying cousins to keep wealth in the family. A theory asserting that there is no absolute truth, only truth relative to the individual, or to a particular time or culture.
