Sociology is generally considered it's own field that has some overlap with psychology and not a subfield. >And sociology have predictive value, can we agree o

Sociology is generally considered it's own field that has some overlap with psychology and not a subfield. >And sociology have predictive value, can we agree on that? No, I don't think we can and I think that's the crux of the disagreement. What big predictions have sociology made that have born to be true? Your example of emergency exits doesn't fit, and in fact proves the opposite. Those emergency exit signs existed before any sociological study of them. It's not the case that sociologists said "Hey, we just invented emergency exit signs and predict they will save lives," rather they're saying "You know those things that people have been using in emergencies to save lives for decades? Turns out it works." To be clear, I like sociology and the sociology courses I took I did find enriched my understanding of society at large. But I do not believe sociology helps us predict the future any more than history does (another field I love!). In contrast, fields like climate science say "If you release carbon, temperatures will rise" and that falsifiable prediction has born to be true. And I wager that sociologists will be more like historians with a diversity of opinion, than climate scientists who overwhelmingly agree with falsifiable and predictable claims.