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Philosophical Foundations Of Social Research

Prof. Sambit Mallick · IIT Guwahati

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Lectures

Week 1: History of Philosophy of Social Sciences

  1. Lec 1 : Empiricism and Rationalism Video
  2. Lec 2 : Comte and Positivism; Epistemology and Ontology Video

Week 2: Emile Durkheim

  1. Lec 4 : Sociology of Knowledge Video
  2. Lec 5 : Religion and the Division of Labour in Society Video

Week 3: Max Weber (Part 1)

  1. Lec 6 : Positivism and Neo-Kantianism Video
  2. Lec 7 : Methodology of the Social Sciences Video

Week 4: Max Weber (Part 2)

  1. Lec 8 : Interpretive Sociology Video
  2. Lec 9 : Methodological Individualism and Interpretative Understanding of Social Action Video
  3. Lec 10 : Weberian Social Sciences: Methodological Implications Video

Week 05 : Assignment 05

  1. Lec 11 : Materialist Conception of History Video
  2. Lec 12 : Dialectic Video
  3. Lec 13 : Nature, Ideology and Science Video

Week 6: Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn and Popper Versus Kuhn

  1. Lec 14 : Systematic Falsification Video
  2. Lec 15 : Hypothetico-Deductive Model Video
  3. Lec 16 : The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Video
  4. Lec 17 : Popper Versus Kuhn Video

Week 7: Positivism Versus Hermeneutics

  1. Lec 18 : Positivism Versus Hermeneutics - I Video
  2. Lec 19 : Positivism Versus Hermeneutics - II Video

Week 8: Philosophy of Social Sciences

  1. Lec 20 : Philosophy of Social Sciences: Taking Stock Video
  2. Lec 21 : End of the Philosophy of the Social Sciences Video
  3. Lec 22 : Return of Grand Theory in the Human Sciences Video
  4. Lec 23 : An Overview of the Course Video

Live Session

  1. Live Session 02-03-2021 Video
  2. Live Session 24-02-2021 Video
  3. Live Session 15-02-2022 YouTube
  4. Live Session 03-03-2022 Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Guwahati
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Sambit Mallick
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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