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Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?
Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?
- Anthropology (correct)
- Economics
- Human geography
- Linguistics
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
- Symbolic interpretation methods
- Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences (correct)
- Methods based on social critique
- Speculative methods
What historical period saw a revolution within natural philosophy, changing the basic framework of scientific understanding?
What historical period saw a revolution within natural philosophy, changing the basic framework of scientific understanding?
- Renaissance in the 14th century
- Industrial Revolution in the 18th century
- Age of Enlightenment after 1650 (correct)
- Middle Ages in Europe
What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use instead of constructing empirically falsifiable theories?
What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use instead of constructing empirically falsifiable theories?
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'Social research' has acquired a degree of autonomy as practitioners from various disciplines share similar goals and methods. What does this autonomy imply?
'Social research' has acquired a degree of autonomy as practitioners from various disciplines share similar goals and methods. What does this autonomy imply?
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