SOCI 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Antipositivism, Spurious Relationship, Critical Theory
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Sociological investigation starts with two simple requirements: This point of view reveals curious patterns of behavior all around us that call for further study. Science as one type of truth called belief or faith. Saying that we know something, such as a claim to believe in the existence of god, is. A second truth rests on the pronouncement of some recognized expert what is right. A third type of truth is based on simple agreement among ordinary people what we know. Science represents a fourth way of knowing. Science is a logical system that bases knowledge on direct, systematic observation. Scientific knowledge rests on empirical evidence, which is information we can verify. People"s truths differ the world over, and we often encounter facts at odds with our own. with our senses. We all embrace various kinds of truths at the same time. Scientific evidence sometimes challenges our common sense.
