has anyone ever claimed to have discovered something in sociology that remained uncontroversially discovered?
Yes.
I’m adding to that below, in rot13, but let me first ask another question: have you looked for such claims, or is this strictly a rhetorical question?
From about 5 minutes of looking: Zregba; frys-shysvyyvat cebcurpvrf; a discovery from sociology that’s widely appealed to here on LW, in such contexts as the study of decision theories.
I’m adding to that below, in rot13, but let me first ask another question: have you looked for such claims, or is this strictly a rhetorical question?
A Google search of things like /discovery sociology/ or “sociological discovery” didn’t lead anywhere useful, but I don’t know how one would systematically look without already having a lot more familiarity with the field than I do. That doesn’t make it a rhetorical question though.
Yes.
I’m adding to that below, in rot13, but let me first ask another question: have you looked for such claims, or is this strictly a rhetorical question?
From about 5 minutes of looking: Zregba; frys-shysvyyvat cebcurpvrf; a discovery from sociology that’s widely appealed to here on LW, in such contexts as the study of decision theories.
A Google search of things like /discovery sociology/ or “sociological discovery” didn’t lead anywhere useful, but I don’t know how one would systematically look without already having a lot more familiarity with the field than I do. That doesn’t make it a rhetorical question though.
Fair enough. WP was my starting point—it didn’t seem too hard to turn up relatively robust-looking claims.