[SOC4309] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (18 pages long)
7 Feb 2017
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He has additional office hours 10am-11:30am on fridays (by appointment) Fact water freezes, the sky is blue (all of which can be broken into theories) Their relationship is problematic and not straightforward. We question facts with the intent to destroy them. Fa(cid:272)t doesn"t p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)e thought, facts can only be stated. You can question the assumptions that facts rest upon. Contemporary world needs praxis according to marx (in order to change the world) The aim of theorizing is to change it. Theory = praxis to aim social world. Theory = divorced from common sense practice (the world) Offers only speculation it separates people from what they can do. People typically think that studying theory is useless. However, in order to understand the world, theory must be used to get to the base of thought and why things are the way they are. Leads to the same mistakes being repeated.
