Sociology

Sociology

It has been a long time debate of whether sociology should be considered as a science or not . Before I go into any discussion , I will briefly define sociology and its origin and science for purposes of a better understanding

Sociology is the systematic study of human in the society . It gives us evidence and explanation of how the society works the actions of individuals as social actors and agents operating in the social world trying to understand how the world operates through investigating how social structures and relationships develop

, how they persist and how they change . Sociology hence is too complex and no wonders there are conflicts of views amongst sociologists . Natural science by contrasts tries to bury controversy and implies its orthodox explanation . It deals with scientific ways of dealing with individuals

Sociology originated or has its roots in the works of political and social philosophers of classical Europe like Russell Hobbes , john Lockle , J .J . Rosseul and the enlightenment period of 8th century Enlightenment period was an intellectual movement developed within 1869 English revolution and 1789 French revolution

Science is a branch of study that is concerned with discoveries and organizing principles , facts and methods . Natural sciences thus include physics , biology , and astronomy studies . So with the above introduction I consider sociology to be a science which normally is referred to by sociologists as a natural science

Sociology has its recent origin in the intellectual aspirations and social upheavals of the 19th century . This foundation is attributed to Auguste Conte 1798-1857 who termed sociology to mean the scientific study of the society . He felt that a since based on experimentation and open testing was the only form of human knowledge hence devoted sociology as the study of social facts

In sociology , human minds give up the search for absolute causes and try to study laws that govern natural phenomena . Sociology is also based on the idea of natural evolution law and all aspects of the universe are subjects to the laws of evolution

Sociology involves various disciplines considered as sciences . For instance , economics is the discipline that that deals with the consumption , production and distribution of goods and services both material and non material having an exchange value . Therefore , it is concerned with inputs of land , labour , capital , and managerial skills into a system

In the political science field , politicians have been concerned with the government that is with formal origins of power . Power here is a dimension in any human relationship , so political scientists may investigate informal and non-legal in their power aspects in the family through business relationships , recreation and religious activities

Sociology knowledge is limited when it comes to public issues and it does not always yield the correct information and a lot of assumptions are under taken during a research . In our study case where a questionnaire is used and it has its own limits of yielding the actual facts

This is because sociologists believe that reality consists of issues that are...