Using material from the items and elsewhere, briefly explain why some sociologists claim that the study of sociology cannot be scientific.

Using material from the items and elsewhere, briefly explain why some sociologists claim that the study of sociology cannot be scientific. Sociology is often referred to as a social science. Whether or not it can be seen as a scientific discipline is one of the major debates within the subject. The founding fathers of the subject in the 19th century were however in no doubt. By following the rules and logics of the scientific method …

…sociology cannot be studied as a science because you can not study human behaviour objectively as every individual is different and has different meanings and interpretations of different situations. However positivists completely disagree and believe sociology should be studied as a science as they see in-depth information as a false description of peoples behaviour, they believe that you can only discover how people behave by analysing the social structure in which their behaviour takes place.