Theory and Methods - 20 Markers by katiewoodhead https://padlet.com/katiewoodhead123/m4x54539l9tr en-us 2017-06-01 09:25:06 UTC 2025-11-27 01:56:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Evaluate the view that sociology cannot and should not be a science katiewoodhead123 https://padlet.com/katiewoodhead123/m4x54539l9tr/wish/174775124 Paragraph 1:
INTERPRETIVISTS: shouldn't
-Value laden, subjective, verstehen.
-Phenomenology = how meanings are socially constructed.
EVAL- POSITIVISTS - Inaccurate. 

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KUHN: isn't/couldn't
-Paradigms = unified set of assumptions e.g. gravity.
-Sociology has no paradigms.
EVAL- Alternative view - separate paradigms.

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DURKHEIM (POSITIVISTS): should/is
-"Le Suicide" - official statistics.
-Established social facts.
-Falsification = quantitative data cannot be interpreted - objective.
EVAL- official statistics based on coroners decisions. 

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POPPER: could/isn't
-Scientific = needs the possibility of being proven false.
-Sociology = unfalsifiable.
EVAL- Popper's approach means that a discipline will be stronger - the more evidence that we cannot find to disprove it, the stronger the theory becomes.

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