Sociology · Positivism and Philosophical Approaches
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R): Assertion (A): Positivism aimed to bring scientific approaches and methods to the study of social phenomena. Reason (R): The core assertion of positivism is that sensory experience and empirical evidence are the only reliable sources of authentic knowledge. In the context of the statements above, choose the correct answer:
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- 1(A) is false but (R) is true
- 2(A) is true but (R) is false
- 3Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)✓
- 4Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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