Question

according to Emily durkhim what are social facts

Answer 1

Society is not a mere sum of individuals. Rather, the system formed by their association represents a specific reality which has its own characteristics… The group thinks, feels, and acts quite differently from the way in which its members would were they isolated. If, then, we begin with the individual, we shall be able to understand nothing of what takes place in the group.

Answer 2

In sociology, social facts are values, cultural norms, and social structures that transcend the individual and can exercise social control. French sociologist Émile Durkheim defined the term, and argued that the discipline of Sociology should be understood as the empirical study of social facts.