Reading sociology as scientific discourse

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In the reading "Sociology as Scientific Discourse," you learned that Jeffrey Alexander argues that "science is a discourse based on reason." Alexander then points out that "discourse is ratiocinative." He maintains that discourse "focuses on the process of reasoning rather than the results of immediate experience." In a sentence or two, note what, according to Alexander, the persuasiveness of discourse is based upon-what makes a discourse persuasive?

Now think of Max Weber, how does his discourse that he developed, provide an example of a ratiocinative discourse that one of them would make about sociology or the dynamics of social life.

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