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True/False There is not agreed upon number of races among those who accept the biological validity of race |
True |
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Race is a ___ and varies across culture |
Cultural construct |
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Augustus Comte (1798-1857) French philosopher who believed in: |
Positivism |
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Positivism |
Every rationally justified assertion can be scientifically proven or is logical with proof. |
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What does positivism reject? |
Metaphysics and theism |
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Why are social rules valid? |
Because they began with authority or are derived logically from existing moral considerations |
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True/False Races are biologically distinctive |
False |
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Which discipline became responsible to answer the race question? |
Biology |
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What was Comte’s original intended name for sociology |
Social physics |
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Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) known for: |
Translating Comte’s work from French to English in 1839 |
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How has Martineau professional status changed in the last 50 years |
Martineau is now now considered the first female sociologist, before she was just a writer |
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Rules are ___ or ___ |
Just, unjust |
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As time moves on, the just rules are accepted until proven unjust, meaning that: |
People and time are dynamic |
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What two disciplines began in in the seventeenth century and gained traction in the nineteenth century |
Sociology and anthropology |
