Soc 001 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I Review for Exam on Monday a Clicker questions b Four Factors in the Development of Sociology i ii iii iv Enclosure Industrial revolution Colonialism Political change Outline of Current Lecture II Empiricism III Empirical IV Galileo V Aristotle Current Lecture Empiricism is important Empiricism is tricky harder than you think Empirical adj based on observation or experience o Rather than theory or pure logic Empiricism noun empirical method or practice Galileo empiricism is preferable to o Just using theory o Just using pure logic o Just having an opinion Fulton o Show us the evidence Aristotle o Observed heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects o Take a hammer and a feather drop them at the same time the hammer will fall faster than the feather o What causes the different falling speeds Theory Heavier objects belong more at the center of the universe o Galileo proposed empiricism to correct a problem that he had found with Aristotle s work assumptions Let s do a thought experiment Tape a lighter object to a heavier on ex Tape feather to the hammer Found that Aristotle s theory generates two opposite predictions These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Prediction 1 The new object will fall slower than the hammer heavier slowed down by the lighter Prediction 2 The new object will fall faster than the hammer since it now weighs more Aristotle used only theory pure logic creates two predictions Galileo states that you need a real experiment Clicker Question 1 Galileo s thought experiment shows that o Logic and theory ARE NOT enough to explain the empirical world Empirical evidence is useful because it o Supports a good theory o Reveals flows in poor theories ex Aristotle s Empirical sociology o Theory Promotion to higher rank improves morale o Stouffer 1949 wanted to experiment with this theory Military police Promotions low Morale high Army Air Corps Promotions high Morale low Empiricism is harder than you think o We often fail to notice what is going on around us or above us
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