Class 7

What is a primary concern in combining epistemology and ontology?

What is a characteristic of methodological debates in sociology?

What is a key challenge in combining a normative, modernising approach with scientific truth claims?

What was the perceived benefit of sociology's scientific approach?

What is a consequence of claiming a strict fact-value distinction in social sciences?

What are the two connected narratives that emerged in the self-understanding of modernity?

What is the primary assumption of scientism regarding human beings?

What is the problem with the reduction of experience to 'objective knowledge' in the sense of the scientific method?

What is the role of metaphysics, theology, history, and religion in a comprehensive knowledge discourse?

What is the consequence of combining 'critique, rationalism, empiricism, the scientific method, and progress' in the Enlightenment thought?

What is the primary focus of critical rationalism?

What is the Enlightenment's approach to the social sciences?

What is implied by the notion of 'social engineering' in the context of Enlightenment thought?

What is the consequence of reducing human beings to mere 'brain' operations and cognitive processes?

What is the problem with the Enlightenment view of human nature as an 'empty sheet of paper'?

What is the relation between scientific discourse and social engineering in the context of the emerging social sciences?

What is the implication of the 'construction of science as a salvationist project'?

What is the problematic implication of the Enlightenment view of human nature?

The sequence 'evolution-revolution-progress' is a direct representation of the Christian worldview of human history.

Critical rationalism focuses primarily on the critique of metaphysics and theology.

Scientism reduces human beings to mere cognitive processes and brain operations.

The fact-value distinction is a key assumption of critical rationalism.

The Enlightenment view of human nature is that it is an empty slate, shaped entirely by external factors.

Human beings are outside of reality, according to scientism.

The fact-value distinction can ultimately operate in the sense of the scientific method.

Critical rationalism is uncritical of the status quo.

Metaphysics, theology, history, and religion are not part of an encompassing knowledge discourse about reality, truth, or knowledge.

The Enlightenment fused the founding concepts of the social sciences with the concept of progress.

The combination of 'critique, rationalism, empiricism, the scientific method, and progress' in the Enlightenment thought is harmless.

Methodological debates in sociology were not situated historically and did not take into account their own time.

The Enlightenment approach to the social sciences was primarily focused on understanding human nature as complex and multifaceted.

Critical rationalism rejects the idea that knowledge can be constructed through objective, value-free methods.

The fact-value distinction is a central tenet of critical rationalism.

Metaphysics and theology played a significant role in the development of modern sociology.

Reducing human experience to 'objective knowledge' is a hallmark of scientism.

What is the primary flaw in the Enlightenment's assumption about human beings?

What is the consequence of combining 'critique, rationalism, empiricism, the scientific method, and progress' in the Enlightenment thought?

What is the primary focus of critical rationalism?

What is the problem with reducing human experience to 'objective knowledge'?

What is the role of metaphysics, theology, history, and religion in a comprehensive knowledge discourse?

What is the primary limitation of the Enlightenment's approach to the social sciences?

How does the sequence 'evolution-revolution-progress' relate to the Christian worldview of human history?

What is the primary critique of scientism regarding human beings?

What is the central tenet of critical rationalism regarding the fact-value distinction?

What is the problem with the Enlightenment view of human nature?

What role do metaphysics and theology play in an encompassing knowledge discourse?

What is the underlying assumption of scientism that reduces human beings to mere cognitive processes and brain operations, and what are the implications of this reduction?

How does critical rationalism approach the concept of metaphysics and theology in the context of knowledge discourse?

What is the fact-value distinction, and what are the implications of claiming a strict fact-value distinction in the social sciences?

What is the problem with reducing human experience to 'objective knowledge' in the sense of the scientific method?

What role do metaphysics and theology play in the development of modern sociology, and what are the implications of excluding them from knowledge discourse?

How does the Enlightenment view of human nature relate to the concept of progress, and what are the implications of this view?