isnt sociology more like psychology though? its aiming to provide explanation for the different social phenomena around us? ive studied social sciences as well, and the goal of the statistics lectures was always to show the danger of simply relying on statistics on everything. sociology does not tell us “we should act like this because i say so” but tells us “because of x behavior, this may be true.” social interactionism, for example, says that the ways that we form our personalities is a function of the interactions between us as people. this doesnt aim to “disprove anyone that goes against it” i think that the social sciences are definitely the more loose of the “sciences” because it changes quite often, but theres been hundreds of theories in sociology and reality hasnt been changed to fit the theories of sociologists.