Science Quotes
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"Social facts have their own reality independent of individuals."Émile Durkheim
"Society must be understood scientifically, not philosophically."Émile Durkheim
"The sociologist must adopt the perspective of the society studied."Émile Durkheim
"Understanding society requires examining its structures and functions."Émile Durkheim
"The body has become a battleground in modern culture where we constantly negotiate what is natural versus constructed."Anthony Giddens
"The reflexive modernization of society means that science and technology must constantly examine their own impacts."Anthony Giddens
"The body has become a text to be read and interpreted according to changing cultural standards."Anthony Giddens
"Science can tell us what is, but never what ought to be."Max Weber
"The observer always affects what is being observed."Max Weber
"Science is the attempt to reduce the infinite complexity of existence to manageable principles."Georg Simmel
"Science is organized knowledge."Herbert Spencer
"The man of science must work with method and system."Herbert Spencer
"Science seeks to understand reality."Herbert Spencer
"Social facts must be studied as things, external to individual consciousness."Émile Durkheim
"The sociologist must cultivate methodological rigor and systematic observation."Émile Durkheim
"Social facts resist individual will and exist independently of personal preference."Émile Durkheim
"Science can tell us what is, but never what ought to be."Max Weber
"Science is the pursuit of truth through systematic inquiry."Harriet Martineau
"Science and reason must guide our understanding."Harriet Martineau
"The function of sociology is to make the strange familiar and the familiar strange."C. Wright Mills
"We cannot understand the individual without understanding the social forces that shape him."C. Wright Mills
"The moment someone becomes aware they are being observed, their behavior changes."Erving Goffman
"Science is organized knowledge."Herbert Spencer
"The greatest discoveries come from asking why."Herbert Spencer
"Social rejection activates the same brain regions as physical pain."Roy Baumeister
"Science reveals the wonders of the universe."Roy Baumeister
"Every science must have an object and a method appropriate to that object."Émile Durkheim
"To understand society, we must look beyond individual psychology to social facts."Émile Durkheim
"Science cannot tell us how to live, only how things work."Max Weber
"The study of nature is the study of divine truth."Harriet Martineau