Sociology and Verification

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  • 社会学と実証すること
  • 社会学と実証すること : コント、J. S. ミル、アドルノ、ポパー
  • シャカイガク ト ジッショウ スル コト : コント 、 J. S. ミル 、 アドルノ 、 ポパー
  • Comte, J. S. Mill, Adorno, and Popper
  • コント、J. S.ミル、アドルノ、ポパー

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At present, the submission of empirical data is essential in not only in the academic world but also the realm of the general public. However, verification itself is emphasized and data may be fabricated. In this context this paper brings together a discussion of the empirical research in the history of sociology with a consideration of the relation between sociological researchers (sociologists) and “verification.”<br> Comte considered that sociology should evolve from the metaphysical stage to the empirical stage and emphasized “observation” above all. J. S. Mill criticized the argument of Comte because concepts would be isolated from the objective world and Comte did not explain how to observe invisible, psychological phenomena. In the positivism controversy in Germany, Adorno pointed out the dismantling and ideologization of the integrity of society due to the superiority of methods over contents and the diversity of methods and insisted on the reinstatement of philosophy. Popper pointed out the development of observation with a subjective view and insisted on critical rationalism. <br> Redefining the words used by Munesuke Mita, the above arguments by the four sociologists can be classified into the problems associated with insistence on “extracted data,” the problems of the relations among “extracted, observed and unknown data,” and the problems of the arbitrariness of “extracted data.” In conclusion, the four sociologists argued that it is important to keep an interest in “extracted and unknown data” while placing oneself in the world of “observed data.”

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