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Sociology: Sociology is the empirical study of society, focusing on behavior, institutions, and patterns. Social theory, on the other hand, provides conceptual frameworks to understand and analyze social phenomena, offering theoretical perspectives and explanations. See also Society, Social theory.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Auguste Comte on Sociology - Dictionary of Arguments

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Sociology/Comte/Wright, G. H.: Comte coined the term "sociology" for the scientific investigation of human society.
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The term "sociology" is also used in J. St. Mill, System of deductive and inductive logic, 1873.
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Wright: The application of mathematical methods to the political economy and other forms of social science investigation was a legacy of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, which was readily adopted by the nineteenth-century positivists.
>Enlightenment
, >Causal explanation, >Political economy, >Political economy as author.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Comte I
A. Comte
Cours de Philosophie Positive (Ed.1830) New York 2012

WrightCr I
Crispin Wright
Truth and Objectivity, Cambridge 1992
German Edition:
Wahrheit und Objektivität Frankfurt 2001

WrightCr II
Crispin Wright
"Language-Mastery and Sorites Paradox"
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Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976

WrightGH I
Georg Henrik von Wright
Explanation and Understanding, New York 1971
German Edition:
Erklären und Verstehen Hamburg 2008


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