Question

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(a) According to whom, "Sociology is a science which attempts the interpretative understanding of social action in order thereby to arrive at a causal explanation of its course and effects"?
(i) Anguste Comte
(ii) Herbert Spencer
(iii) Max Weber
(iv) Emile Durkheim​

Answer 1

Answer:

Weber defines sociology as the study of social action:

'Sociology is a science which attempts the interpretative understanding of social action in order thereby to arrive at a causal explanation of its course and effects' (1947: 88).