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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._____________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.
Author
Concept
Summary/Quotes
Sources
Auguste Comte on Sociology - Dictionary of Arguments
Wright I 20
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._____________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"
In
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
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19