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Is non-positivistic methodology scientific? Illustrate

  • UPSC 2018
  • Sociology as a Science

Max Weber, founder of the interpretive counter-tradition, never abandoned the claim to be doing science — he insisted sociology must combine interpretive understanding with causal explanation, not surrender rigor for meaning.

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  • Rethinking "Scientific" Beyond the Positivist Template
  • Weber's Ideal-Type Construction as Disciplined Method
  • The Internal Rigor of Qualitative Method
  • Illustration — Ethnographic Fieldwork on an Institution
  • Conclusion

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