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| Suggest that the strict defination of scince will exclude sociology and other many sciences too |
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There are two different forms of science:
- Open system
- Closed system
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- This is when matters are too big to be carried in the laboratory such as Seismology (hurricane)
- He claims that sociology can be seen as open system making it a science
- He claims that there are some prediction made by sociologists in which they can't control when and how it will take place. e.g. Gun Crime
- This is the same as sience in a open system e.G METEOROLOGY weather.
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| Where by experiments are taken in the laboratory and variables are controlled |
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Kuhn :
Focuses on the paradigms in sociology and science |
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- He agrue that scince only have one paradigm whereas in socilogy we have different forms of paradigms
- He claims that in science if one member oppose from the beliefs they are kicked out unitl they is evidence which does not fit into the paradigm which cause scientific revolution
- e.g. the belief that the world was flat
- Therefore sociology should not be seen as a science
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- Thinks that Kuhn is too deterministic because science had different paradigms
- Therefore this makes sociology a science
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