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Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
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more like a sub science as I would call it. The main sciences are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The sub sciences are economics, philosophy, geography, geology, psychology, sociology etc.
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(Original post by Horner94)
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
What is your view?
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[QUOTE=Horner94;80321122]Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad[/QU
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad[/QU
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(Original post by Horner94)
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
I did some in my first year, but I wouldn’t have taken it as a degree. I found it a bit dry.
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#8
(Original post by alexvicar)
more like a sub science as I would call it. The main sciences are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The sub sciences are economics, philosophy, geography, geology, psychology, sociology etc.
more like a sub science as I would call it. The main sciences are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The sub sciences are economics, philosophy, geography, geology, psychology, sociology etc.
Most if not all of sciences historically originate from Philosophy, each has philosophical basis even if unintended. Also there is an area called 'Philosophy of Science' which is on methodologies, the point of science etc.
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I certainly do not believe, because I'm not a follower of the sociology-is-science religion.
But I think it is science because it uses scientific methodologies. It even uses mathematics to get data.
I'm not really interested in it, but it's good to know a few theories, some data provided by the science, to catch a grasp of cybernetics (in terms of human behaviour control and systems design in general, not computers only)
But I think it is science because it uses scientific methodologies. It even uses mathematics to get data.
I'm not really interested in it, but it's good to know a few theories, some data provided by the science, to catch a grasp of cybernetics (in terms of human behaviour control and systems design in general, not computers only)
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(Original post by PTMalewski)
I wouldn't say that Philosophy is a sub-science.
Most if not all of sciences historically originate from Philosophy, each has philosophical basis even if unintended. Also there is an area called 'Philosophy of Science' which is on methodologies, the point of science etc.
I wouldn't say that Philosophy is a sub-science.
Most if not all of sciences historically originate from Philosophy, each has philosophical basis even if unintended. Also there is an area called 'Philosophy of Science' which is on methodologies, the point of science etc.
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(Original post by HighOnGoofballs)
No...just no. Philosophy is definitely not a science. It's theoretical and theological, not objective. It involves no more than mindless debate, not concrete experimentation.
No...just no. Philosophy is definitely not a science. It's theoretical and theological, not objective. It involves no more than mindless debate, not concrete experimentation.
Philosophy of science uses empirical evidence to support or overthrow methods of scientific research. Scientists may even deny supporting any philosophy, but in the end each follows some paradigm that has been described in philosophy of science.
Also there is the Analitical philosophy. The Lisp programming language originates from analitical philosophy, to be exact from the prefix/Warsaw/Polish notation created by Jan Łukasiewicz, a philosopher from Lwów-Warsaw school of Analitical philosophy.
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(Original post by Horner94)
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
It's not a 'hard' science seeing as it doesn't employ the rigorous mathematics and laboratory work those sciences do (physics, chemistry and biology)
Comp sci is exempt from this because despite not being a traditional science it has managed to garner the respect associated with the 'hard' sciences.
To summarise, Sociology would be a social science like econ (which is probably the 'hardest' soft/social science). But not a science to those referring to 'hard' sciences.
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(Original post by Horner94)
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
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Chad
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(Original post by HighOnGoofballs)
No...just no. Philosophy is definitely not a science. It's theoretical and theological, not objective. It involves no more than mindless debate, not concrete experimentation.
No...just no. Philosophy is definitely not a science. It's theoretical and theological, not objective. It involves no more than mindless debate, not concrete experimentation.
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(Original post by HighOnGoofballs)
No...just no. Philosophy is definitely not a science. It's theoretical and theological, not objective.
No...just no. Philosophy is definitely not a science. It's theoretical and theological, not objective.
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(Original post by alexvicar)
more like a sub science as I would call it. The main sciences are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The sub sciences are economics, philosophy, geography, geology, psychology, sociology etc.
more like a sub science as I would call it. The main sciences are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The sub sciences are economics, philosophy, geography, geology, psychology, sociology etc.
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#17
Yeah it's a social science.
It's the science of the society we live in.
Which is based on facts which is what science is... 👀
It's the science of the society we live in.
Which is based on facts which is what science is... 👀
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#18
I do sociology at a-level and I see it as a social science but wouldn’t call it a traditional science, I also do psychology but i wouldn’t call that a social science so idk.
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#19
No.
In the UK really big money research areas on the sociology of health and sociology of crime and big money linked to academia and government, a lot of research method stuff and data collection. If you look on other sociology modules on undergrad and postgraduate modules, some really interesting stuff in there.
Call it a social science if you want. Quite a lot of overlap with some other subjects. One of the things I dislike a lot about university degrees in the UK is the obsession on grade, institution and then name of subject. People very rarely go into any depth about what sort of things are studied on degrees, it's just perceptions of names.
In the UK really big money research areas on the sociology of health and sociology of crime and big money linked to academia and government, a lot of research method stuff and data collection. If you look on other sociology modules on undergrad and postgraduate modules, some really interesting stuff in there.
Call it a social science if you want. Quite a lot of overlap with some other subjects. One of the things I dislike a lot about university degrees in the UK is the obsession on grade, institution and then name of subject. People very rarely go into any depth about what sort of things are studied on degrees, it's just perceptions of names.
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(Original post by Horner94)
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
Hi everybody,
I wanted to see your views on sociology and if you agree if it is a scientific subject in the strictest since. I am asking this because there are some who disagree with this notion or have doubts about it.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Chad
It's not a natural science, which is the type of science that people equate with the generic term "Science" most often, but it is a science nonetheless.
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