sociology- is sociology a science

• what do positivists believe


  sociology is and should be a science and opinons, baises and values should be kept out of reserch
• what do interpretivists believe

  sociology is not a science as we cannot predict behaviour and free will. cant control humans life
• what was karl poppers theory on is sociolgy a science

  • believes it was a science
  • can make precise predictions
  • collect data
  • can analyse it
• what did durkheim believe

  sociology should be able to predict the effect of changes in social organisations
• what did comte say about sociology is a science

  • sociology must have a scientific base and should be science of society
• what did kuhn believe

  that it cant be science as it is a set of assumptions, and a set of shared values
• what did weber say about sociology

  should start from individual action but he became a positivist