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    Sociology aims to be a science that studies society in a systematic, empirical, and value-neutral way. It examines social phenomena at a general level rather than focusing on particular individuals or events. While sociology uses rational and analytical methods inspired by the natural sciences, it differs in that it studies human societies and social interactions rather than physical phenomena. The document discusses several key aspects of sociology's nature and methods.

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    Sociology aims to be a science that studies society in a systematic, empirical, and value-neutral way. It examines social phenomena at a general level rather than focusing on particular individuals or events. While sociology uses rational and analytical methods inspired by the natural sciences, it differs in that it studies human societies and social interactions rather than physical phenomena. The document discusses several key aspects of sociology's nature and methods.

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    The Nature of Sociology

    Is it Science or an Art?
    Does it have an image?
    Some Fundamental Questions….
    From Science to Arts….the Journey
    • 1. Sociology is a Social Science and not a Natural
    Science
    • 2. Sociology is a Positive Discipline and not a
    Normative Study
    • 3. Sociology is General rather than Particular
    • 4. Sociology is a Systematic Enterprise
    • 5. Sociology is Ethically Neutral
    • 6. Sociology is focuses on Empirical Reality
    • 7. Sociology is Rational and Analytical
    What is Social?
    What is? And What Ought to be?
    General Versus Particular
    • General Knowledge versus Specialized
    Course
    • General Anaesthesia versus Local
    Anaesthesia
    • General Explanation versus Specific event
    • Group (General) vs. Individual
    • Genus vs. Species
    Value Neutrality
    • What is a Value?
    • The concept of Ideology
    • Belief and Faith
    • Standards of Neutrality
    • Objectivity versus Subjectivity
    • For a value free Sociology (Max Weber)
    Empirical

    • Information Obtained through Sense


    Organs
    • Accessible to senses
    • Sensory experience
    • Beyond the purview of individual
    mind
    • Coherence and Consistency
    Rational
    • Reasonable
    • Logical
    • Causal Explanation
    • Means and End Relationship
    • Neither emotional or sentimental
    Analytical
    • Looking into the Underlying Principles
    • Examining the cause and effect
    relationship
    • Understanding the facts and
    circumstances
    • Evaluating the established reason
    • Testing the hypothesis

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