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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?
- Archaeology (correct)
- Linguistics
- Anthropology
- Human geography
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
- Empirically falsifiable theories (correct)
- Speculative research
- Symbolic interpretation
- Social critique
What saw a revolution in natural philosophy and changed the basic framework by which individuals understood what was scientific?
What saw a revolution in natural philosophy and changed the basic framework by which individuals understood what was scientific?
- Industrial Revolution
- Age of Enlightenment (correct)
- Renaissance
- Victorian Era
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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What do modern academic researchers often do in their practice?
What do modern academic researchers often do in their practice?
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