Philosophical Foundations of Social Research (English)

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Lecture 1: Philosophical Foundations of Social Research

Lecture 2: Lec 1 : Empiricism and Rationalism

Lecture 3: Lec 2 : Comte and Positivism; Epistemology and Ontology

Lecture 4: Lec 3 : The Rules of Sociological Method

Lecture 5: Lec 4 : Sociology of Knowledge

Lecture 6: Lec 5 : Religion and the Division of Labour in Society

Lecture 7: Lec 6 : Positivism and Neo-Kantianism

Lecture 8: Lec 7 : Methodology of the Social Sciences

Lecture 9: Lec 8 : Interpretive Sociology

Lecture 10: Lec 9 : Methodological Individualism and Interpretative Understanding of Social Action

Lecture 11: Lec 10 : Weberian Social Sciences: Methodological Implications

Lecture 12: Lec 11 : Materialist Conception of History

Lecture 13: Lec 12 : Dialectic

Lecture 14: Lec 13 : Nature, Ideology and Science

Lecture 15: Lec 14 : Systematic Falsification

Lecture 16: Lec 15 : Hypothetico-Deductive Model

Lecture 17: Lec 16 : The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Lecture 18: Lec 17 : Popper Versus Kuhn

Lecture 19: Lec 18 : Positivism Versus Hermeneutics - I

Lecture 20: Lec 19 : Positivism Versus Hermeneutics - II

Lecture 21: Lec 20 : Philosophy of Social Sciences: Taking Stock

Lecture 22: Lec 21 : End of the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Lecture 23: Lec 22 : Return of Grand Theory in the Human Sciences

Lecture 24: Lec 23 : An Overview of the Course