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Sociological Thought

notes social facts are those, which keep the society as like, in this vyadhikiya element, are not such that
arrange of society affected.
2. pathological social facts: These are facts which are opposite of granted norms of society. These
born morbidity in society and harmful for health. Crime, child crime, robbery, suicide etc., are the
vyadhikiya social facts. When vyadhikiya pathogenical facts more increased in society then the normal
life of society becomes end. Durkheim says that for defining the subject matter of sociology these two
types of facts should be merge.

the rule of the observation of sociological facts

Durkheim described the rule of sociological facts in fifth chapter of their book. In sociological
methods the stage come the description and verification after division. We do work of description
and understand the collective facts by division. By description we try to understand any facts. Many
scholars describe of their use and benefit on the description of facts. Durkheim favour that to describe
the usefulness of any is not these specification. Usefulness is not the subject of description. Within
description the thing should be clear in nature and origin. Sociologist should see this at the place of
search any incident that the incidents how related with the normal necessity of organic like society.

Notes The existence of sociological fact is understood in the reference of the necessity of
social life which Durkheim calls function.

By this according to Durkheim the mean of description of any thing is that to search the search their
growth element and the function which fulfilled by these. Within the rule of description of sociological
fact Durkheim developed the perception of function. In brief we can present the rule of the description
of sociological fact:
1. To research the reason of the sociological fact should be these in before sociological facts not
in the state of the personal consciousness.
2. To research the function of any sociological fact should be related with any sociological
object.
3. To research the first growth of all sociological function from many types should be in internal
composition.

the rule of establishment of sociological prove

The last stage of scientific method is to get the result and establish the rules. Durkheim also used
this scientific rule within the sociological principles. Forgot climax and make rule are using different
method. In this Historical, Applied and Comparative methods are most. Durkheim criticise the
method of Historical and Applied and believes them unsuitable for sociological law and description
and analysis of establishing the sociological incident of comparative methods. In comparative method
uses different type of function this cannot say valid and full of belief. However, Durkheim believes
comparative method are more useful for the description of sociological fact in comparison of much
method.
conclusion: Durkheim presents the three main conclusions on the bases of all above chapter in the
seventh chapter of book:

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