Sociology 2233 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Moral Realism, Nominalism, Social Reality
5 Apr 2017
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A way of thinking and explaining social processes with references to intentions of individual actors: persons are actors, qualitative. A way of thinking and explaining about social processes without reference to intentions of individual actors, with reference to natural processes (ex comtes law of 3 stages: we are re-actors. Who and what we are is determined by culture: quantitative. There are conceptual and ethical points of view for nominalism and realism. Conceptual: makes descriptive claims about what is the case or about how things are. Ethical: makes moral/prescriptive claims about what ought to be. Descriptive analytical claim about what is the case and how things are. Social reality is a product of human consciousness (actors- we are fundamentally agentic beings who continuously negotiate meaning in ongoing interactive contexts) Dialogue: we have the right to speak but also the obligation to listen. We negotiate norms, rules in fairness and justice. Descriptive analytical claims about what is the case, how things are.
