Jati atroouction to sociology Another Early Vision Sociology as Science The study of society can and should be scientific .same kinds of observational methods as natural sCIences same goal of discovering universal laws Auguste Comte: positivism But enduring controversies here too Is the model of the natural sciences appropriate for the social sciences? Can science tell us how to act?Another Early Vision: Sociology as Science • The study of society can and should be scientific •same kinds of observational methods as natural sciences • same goal of discovering universal laws • Auguste Comte: positivism • But enduring controversies here too: • Is the model of the natural sciences appropriate for the social sciences? • Can science tell us how to act?