[SOCIOL 2S06] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (64 pages long!)

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 2S06
• Professor: David Young

Document Summary

Michelle dillon intro to sociological theory 2nd ed. Three parts to this class: classical theory, early contemporary theory, feminist, race and globalization theories. Studying sociological theory: reasons for studying sociological theory. Interpreting social conditions make sense of social world around us through sociological theory. Karl marx"s ideas about capitalism > the role of transnational corporations. Comparing different perspectives made of many different perspectives, can compare them. Was a period of intellectual development and change in philosophical thinking during the 17th and 18th centuries. Key aspects if enlightenment thinking reason philosophers of enlightenment emphasized reason, involves human ability to logically think about things, logically think, apply and evaluate knowledge rationality involves the use of reason to assess explanations of reality. Empiricism involves the use of evidence to describe and analyze phenomena, allows us to go beyond abstract rational thought create logical explanations of reality (theories) > test the explanations against evidence (obs) = basis of science.