Sociology 2206A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Thomas Kuhn, Syllogism, Theoretical Definition
20 Apr 2016
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Kuhn and his followers are looking for determinism or deterministic science. course kuhn says that we don"t have this, so sociology isn"t a science: sociology is what is called a probabilistic science. For example, we can predict that on average, each of the females in this room will have 1. 57 babies in their lifetime (with a margin of error) Assuming that the researcher operates without preconceived ideas, Balconian fallacy assumptions, theories or presumptions of any kind. But this is pretty impossible, every researcher is going to have biases no matter which discipline you are in. Sociologists admit to this, but it doesn"t make them different from any other. Sociology would like to be able to come up with formulas sciences. E. g. , classes (lower, middle, upper: can say whether they are = or not , can say whether they are < or >
