Dorothy E. Smith states, The kinds of facts and events which are facts for us have already been shaped up and given their character and substance as facts, as relations, etc., by the methods and practice of governing, (Smith 1974, 8)
MUST USE ONLY THESE 3 SOURCES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BELOW
sources:
1. Attached PDF (Dorothy E. Smith)
2. http://markfoster.net/struc/patricia_hill_collins.pdf
3. https://iep.utm.edu/fem-stan/
1. To what methods of governing is she referring?
2. What is she saying facts are for sociologists?
3. Relate her take on facts to Kuhns normal science.
4. Given what Smith is saying about the social construction of facts and the history of sociology, why is it important to understand experience as a valid way of knowing? Use examples of experience as knowing from your readings this week.
5. Does using experience as a way of knowing mean that previous ways of knowing such as objective, unbiased research is no longer useful? Okay, so this last question is rhetorical. Answer it anyway.
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