Every sociology presupposes a philosophy of which it is a subordinate part

Evidence

But this passage disturbs any form of evolution and any law of uniformity understood in a vulgar evolutionist sense. In any case, any sociology presupposes a philosophy, a conception of the world, of which it is but a subordinate part. Nor should the particular internal “logic” of the varying forms of sociology, which is what gives them a mechanical coherence, be confused with general theory, that is to say philosophy. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1524

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core scaffolding concept: a ‘science’ is never philosophically neutral — the philosophy is the larger whole the science serves.