Lec 13: Positivism in Sociology (Part-II)

In this lecture, we will analyse the application of Positivism in the Sociological domain. Positivism as an approach advocates the use of scientific method in the domain of sociological studies. Positivism was first advocated by the founding father of sociology Auguste Comte in his book "The course on positive philosophy". Positivists regard human behaviour as static and predictable and hence advocates for building of universal theories. Positivists like Comte, Durkheim and Spencer advocated for value neutrality, objectivity, causation, quantitative method in sociology.
Lec 13: Positivism in Sociology (Part-II)
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Thanks.. It's a good feedback regarding summary at the end of the lecture, will try to incorporate this in the next lectures!

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Positivism emphasis deductive or Inductive approach for theory making?

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Norms are related to culture which shapes one's behavior/actions/conduct along with values. Code of conduct if seen technically is more formal in nature and is explicitly outlined ( eg. Doctor's COC or a Bureaucrat's COC)..... If seen informally, it represents the general guidelines for behaviour in society.

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If u say u want to be or desire to be or prefer to be Value neutral than isn't it a value in itself???. So being value neutral is a tough task..if i prefer to study a topic it will be of my choice again there is some value related to it that's why i chose that particular topic to read but that's the different thing that after choosing i"ll try to be value neutral But i m emphasising more on choice of topic

[@kaarwan-e-upsc]

Yes... Being value neutral is a tough task...Critics have also argued that value neutrality is a myth and no thinking person could be absolute value neutral....What you have talked about is the concept of value relevance which was propounded by Weber.... He argued that a scholar can identify the topic using his preferences/values...once the topic is selected, he should completely be value neutral while conducting the research.... You will study it later in lectures on Max Weber!!

[@vishalsharma_0705]

@@kaarwan-e-upsc Thank u sir for the correction...and somewhere I agree value neutrality is near to non achievable if not impossible....ur bias or prejudice will certainly play their role unknowingly.. Edit: sir what is this term "intersubjective reliability"

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sir is post positivism and non positivism same i am struggling with the topic of post positivism no where mentioned but asked in 2017 help me sir

[@kaarwan-e-upsc]

Non-Positivism is an umbrella term for all methodologies which rejects the postulates of Positivism..... Post-Positivism is a sub-set of this broad umbrella.... I have talked about it when I was talking about critic of Scientific Method like Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn..... Don't worry, I will deal with it when I will cover the Chapter of Research Methodologies!!! But if you take a more comprehensive and liberal view of post-Positivism and not the technical view which I have briefly pointed out in the above mentioned paragraph, then I will advise you to consider post-Positivism as equivalent to non-Positivism and incorporate all the non-positivistic approaches (verstehen, hermeneutics, Interactionists and phenomenologists, critical theory and post-Modernists) in your answer, that would be more comprehensive and more marks fetching!!!!

[@shashwata007able]

Sir is value neutrality a part of empiricism?

[@kaarwan-e-upsc]

Value Neutrality is a part of research process in Positivism.... You could link it to Empiricism also.... An empirical scholar could be value neutral as well.

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Make running notes out of these lectures... That would suffice.... Revise them multiple times!!

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[@kaarwan-e-upsc]

Dear... You have to make running notes out of these lectures... Revise them multiple times... And then make micro-notes... It is your own notes which will impart uniqueness to your answers!!!

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