is sociology a science

• comte

  • yes
  • laws exist that shape behaviour
  • laws of coexistance + succession
• durkheim

  • yes
  • social facts are things
  • suicide study
  • inductive logic: something small draws conclusion
• sayer

  • yes
  • open science system
  • cant predict but explains
• popper

  • no
  • should be falsified
  • deductive method: prove hypothesis wrong
• weber

  • vestehen not scientific
  • study subjectivity not objectivity
• kuhn

  • paradigms: framework of thinking
  • paradigm shift: prescience -> normal -> revolutionary