AGAINST

• Who are the sociologists that believe sociology is not a science?

  • Popper
  • Weber
• What does Popper suggest?

  That for sociology to be a science it must undergo a process of falsification. In order to do this the theory must use an inductive method and then be challenged by a deductive method to prove it wrong. However sociology cannot be a science because it cannot undergo falsification, due to how many sociologists ideas are too abstract to be tested
• What does Weber suggest?

  He uses interpretivism to study sociology from a subjective perspective. This draws on the ideas of verse hen which means sociology requires a subjective understanding which relates to opinions. However, science is strongly objective and could not be considered a science nor should it want to be a science
• What do Interpretivists argue?

  That sociology cannot be scientific as humans are governed by internal meanings. Therefore, the task of sociology is to use Verstehen to uncover such meanings