"Sociology is not just a ethology but a social science' is said by
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Explanation:
There exists a great controversy about the exact nature of Sociology. The question whether sociology is a science or not? Perhaps continue to confuse the mind of Sociologists since long. Perhaps due to this Sociologists got divided among themselves into two opposite groups. As a result two opposite views are available about the nature of Sociology. For one group of Sociologists Sociology is a science because Sociology adopts and applies the scientific method. Founding fathers of Sociology Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim and others subscribe to this view. Others hold different view and opine Sociology is not a science. German Sociologist Max-weber do not accept sociology as a Science.
Meaning of Science:
Science is a body of systematic knowledge. Science is based on reason and evidences. A science is “a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.” Science collects facts and links them together in their casual sequence to draw valid inferences. Science adopts scientific method. Scientific knowledge is acquired through observation, experimentation, generalisation etc. Science has the following characteristics such as objectivity, observation, accurate prediction, experimentation, accurate measurement, generalisation and cause-effect relationships.