topic 2 Flashcards
brief history of social sciences (19 cards)
what is the inductive method?
general conclusions are drawn to something in particular
who created the inductive method?
john locke, george berkeley and david hume
what is the deductive method?
particular conclusions are drawn based on something general
what is empiricism?
philosophical movement that affirms experience and perception are channels for knowledge
what is racionalism?
believes the only source of knowledge is human reason
what was the enlightment?
ideas emerging from this period ended centuries of darkness and ignorance. monarchy dissapears
what was the french revolution?
1789, social and political movement that created a new political era in europe. it started the end of monarchy
what did the french revolution accomplish?
equal tax pay, democratic education, church and state division.
what is socialism?
economic system in which a society owns and controls most of the means of production
what is capitalism?
economic system on industrial production
what was the scienfitic revolution?
an intellectual movement that sought to regulate society on scientific principles and left behind the magical-religious beliefs
what is the scientific method?
systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence using inductive reasoning
who created the scientific method?
Francis Bacon
what is the theory of social evolutionism? (evolutionary theory)
theory proposing society passed through different stages of evolution development to achieve a maximum degree
who created the theory of social evolutionism?
Herbert Spencer
who created the evolutionary theory?
charles darwin
what is positivism?
argues that a claim makes sense only if it is true by definition or verifiable by experience
what is sociology?
study of society. to explain the chaos in society
what was the industrial revolution?
process from an economy based on agriculture, to one based on manufacturing products made by machines
