Durkheim determines the social fact as the central object of investigation in this new scientific field. The social fact is understood as a “thing” that exerts a force of coercion on the subjects, regardless of their individual will or action. The social fact imposes itself in the direction of society for the individual and is established in a way to homogenize and standardize particular behaviors, ensuring that they are collective. Purposely, Durkheim calls the social fact a “thing” to emphasize that it is an object in the scientific sense, that is, something that can be observed, defined and explained by the social scientist.
Moulavy Syad Shah believed Indians should take an action of protecting themselves against the British. He called for the destroying of English, who he believed would come to take away their culture and overthrow their religions.
He tested Brown’s principle of frequency and continued to study the nonsense syllables even though he perfected it and found that 24 hours after perfection and continuous studying he retained more of the syllables.
