author: tony lawson

... common sense: what everybody knows or assumes. In sociology, common sense is used as a contrast to sociological knowledge, which sometimes challenges common sense and provides evidence that things are not always as people assume them to be.

... Universal induction consists, as implicitly shown by Mill, in testing alternative universal hypotheses. The generalisations which they assert...claim universality, and are upset if a single exception to them can be discovered (CW, VIII ...

This book uses key concepts and essential theory to explore these questions and explain their answers. The second edition of this student-focused text continues to offer clear and structured guidance on the sociology of crime and deviance.

Essential Readings Margaret Archer, Roy Bhaskar, Andrew Collier, Tony Lawson, Alan Norrie. remaining exercised by their ... signposts reading ' reductionism ' and ' reification ' are roads to hell paved with bad conceptualizations , no ...