5 Questions
Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?
Anthropology
What revolution occurred within natural philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment?
Revolution in understanding scientific frameworks
What distinguishes positivist social scientists from interpretivist social scientists?
Use of methods resembling those used in the natural sciences
What characterizes modern academic practice in social research?
Eclectic use of multiple methodologies
What is the broader sense in which interpretivist or speculative social scientists treat science?
Social critique or symbolic interpretation
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