SCS 1160 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rationality, Feudalism, Scientific Revolution

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Social Sciences
• Course: SCS 1160
• Professor: Andreas Buss

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10 multiple choice (4 points each: feudalism, tolstoi from science as a vocation/war and peace(x2, denomination, ideal type, patrimonialism (x3, value judgement, concepts from science as a vocation (x2) 4 short answer questions (15 points each: history of science from science as a vocation, democracy, patrimonial denomination, article on protestant sects. Values & norms aren"t facts statistical norms are facts but it doesn"t mean they"re. Emphasis on perspective: just because something written x years ago or in another. Weber (mid 1800s) wanted to impose value-neutrality: trivial demand that scien- tists should separate statements on imperial facts from their opinion. Scientists should not im- pose their values onto others. Weber"s types of social action (actor"s motives) Value relativeness: scientists chose what they want to learn/study (the questions. You can"t derive ought statements from is statements: goal oriented/purposeful goals and means are rational, value-oriented (ir)rational goal achieved rationally, emotional/affective motivation, traditional customary habits of thought.