Sociology Cannot Be a Science
SOCIOLOGY CANNOT BE A SCIENCE BECAUSE ITS SUBJECT MATTER IS TOO VARIED, ABSTRACT AND DIFFICULT TO MEASURE
I strongly support with the moot which states that “Sociology cannot be a science because its subject matter is too varied, abstract and difficult to measure. The term science may be defined as the body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation. Science is made up of four components which are empirical, theoretical, cumulative and objective. The empirical aspect deals with measurable phenomena, the theoretical aspect seeks to uncover casual relationships between phenomena, the cumulative aspect builds up knowledge, moving towards greater understanding of the world and the objective aspect concerns itself with the objective discovery of the truth. Personal attitudes and bias have no place in science as there in sociology.According to Sociology may be defined as the study of society and the way in which society influences people’s behaviour, beliefs and identity. It is the study of human social life by any means that are effective. In sociology, statistics are collected and analysed and human behaviour is observed.However, Sociology is not considered a science because it lacks experimentation, lacks empirical, theoretical and cumulative grounds; in addition it alsolacksObjectivity andTerminological Inefficiency. The physical scientists base their beliefs on empirical and theoretical grounds. On empirical grounds, they believe that sociologists have not developed sufficient sophisticated and compelling ways of measuring phenomena as the physical scientists have done. It is not possible to gather facts the same way that physical scientists do since social facts like statistics are really social constructs and do not reflect an objective reality. They believe that an objective reality does not exist in sociology and that sociologists deal more with subjective perceptions of reality.However from the theoretical perspective; they believe
I strongly support with the moot which states that “Sociology cannot be a science because its subject matter is too varied, abstract and difficult to measure. The term science may be defined as the body of knowledge obtained by methods based on systematic observation. Science is made up of four components which are empirical, theoretical, cumulative and objective. The empirical aspect deals with measurable phenomena, the theoretical aspect seeks to uncover casual relationships between phenomena, the cumulative aspect builds up knowledge, moving towards greater understanding of the world and the objective aspect concerns itself with the objective discovery of the truth. Personal attitudes and bias have no place in science as there in sociology.According to Sociology may be defined as the study of society and the way in which society influences people’s behaviour, beliefs and identity. It is the study of human social life by any means that are effective. In sociology, statistics are collected and analysed and human behaviour is observed.However, Sociology is not considered a science because it lacks experimentation, lacks empirical, theoretical and cumulative grounds; in addition it alsolacksObjectivity andTerminological Inefficiency. The physical scientists base their beliefs on empirical and theoretical grounds. On empirical grounds, they believe that sociologists have not developed sufficient sophisticated and compelling ways of measuring phenomena as the physical scientists have done. It is not possible to gather facts the same way that physical scientists do since social facts like statistics are really social constructs and do not reflect an objective reality. They believe that an objective reality does not exist in sociology and that sociologists deal more with subjective perceptions of reality.However from the theoretical perspective; they believe