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Describe the basic postulates of scientific method. How far are these followed in sociological research?

  • UPSC 2016
  • Sociology as a Science

The scientific method, as codified through the positivist tradition of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim, rests on a set of shared postulates that any discipline claiming scientific status is expected to satisfy.

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  • The Basic Postulates of Scientific Method
  • Assessing Adherence, Postulate by Postulate
  • Where Sociology Follows the Postulates Reasonably Well
  • Where Adherence Is Only Partial
  • A Value Addition: The Reproducibility Question Today

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