Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Nomothetic, Takers, Operationalization
12 Nov 2012
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It is analytical- concerned with the tightness of logic and making sense- the sense it is making is determined by the parameters by its own logic. Sociology: sociology insisted on being synthetic and analytical. Any work or logical argument must be linked to evidence outside of that argument. Historian is interested in pieces of time that happened because we"ve written about them. It is idiographic- a concern with the specific. Sociology: sociology would be concerned with more general ideas than a specific event. Logic based on an assurance of a prime cause (god) Sociology: it is non- logical, it is based on faith not logic. If someone does try to make it logic it becomes circular. Sociologists are not interested in first causes/essences but relationships between variables. Sociology differentiates itself from the rest of them because it looks at empirical confirmation. Sociology is interested in general trends among things. It is very concerned with science- synthetic, empirical, relationships.
