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First Speaker - A Science Intro
First Speaker - A Science Intro
First Speaker - A Science Intro
Madam chairperson , members of the opposition and ladies and gentlemen in the
As the first speaker I will indicate as to what a science is , its characteristics and the
that it will be seen how sociology can be categorized as a science , based on the
The second speaker will demonstrate as to why Sociology was developed from the
19th century and how within the society past trends have influenced the occurrence of
contemporary events . The para dime shift that led to the origin and development will
outlined ).
The third speaker will conclude the points made , in mentioning the characteristics of
dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the
operation of general laws, through which facts are linked to draw valid inferences.
Alex thio (1994) pivots the fact that sociology is the scientific study of human
society and interactions. In that, it is explicitly indicated that it is through the use of
According to (Puja Mondal ,2017) , sociology prioritizes the use of the scientific
explanation , for example the social , political and economic changes brought forth by
the Industrial , French and Scientific revolution during the 19 th century rallied the
cause of sociologists , as there generated , social phenomena during that era , which
could not sufficiently be described by the Bible or any other religion, for example and
will be expressed further by the second speaker. Therefore logic is prioritized than
human behaviour from past events . Thus an hypothesis, which is a scientific guess
functionalism which supported his finding as he concluded that the more socially
integrated and connected a person is, the less likely he or she is to commit suicide , in
that , as social integration decreases, people are more likely to commit suicide. This
In concluding, it can therefore be seen that in physics and the other natural sciences,
there is a systematic basis on which the data is retrieved , and thus undergoes the
statistical study of suicide statistics from different societies, until it was concluded to
was an issue external to the individual, thus it uncovers the laws that govern human
behaviour .