Basic characteristics of sociology as a social science

 

Sociology has the following characteristics of science :

1. It is empirical: It is based on observation and reasoning, not on supernatural revelation, and its results are not speculative. In the early stages of creative work ,  all scientists speculate  their speculation to the test of fact before announcing them as scientific discoveries.
2. It is theoretical: It attempts to summarize any complex observation in abstract, logically related propositions which purport to explain causal relationships in the subject matter.
3. It is cumulative: Sociological theories which are built upon one another, new theories correcting, extending and refining the older ones for the help of society.
4. . It is nonethical:  Sociologists do not ask whether particular social actions are good or bad; they seek merely to explain them.