5 Questions
What do positivist social scientists use as tools for understanding society?
Methods resembling those of the natural sciences
Which academic discipline may use social critique or symbolic interpretation instead of constructing empirically falsifiable theories?
Interpretivist social scientists
Which academic discipline was the original 'science of society' in the 19th century?
Sociology
In addition to sociology, which academic discipline does social science now encompass?
All of the above
How do modern academic researchers often approach their research methodologies?
Eclectically, using multiple methodologies
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