Evaluate the view that sociology can be studied as a science.

The founding fathers of sociology, who are commonly referred to as the early positivists Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) and Auguste Comte (1798-1857) believed that sociology could be studied scientifically and be seen as a science.

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