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Is Sociology a Science? Give reasons for your answer?

  • UPSC 2015
  • Sociology as a Science

Whether sociology is a science depends entirely on which criteria of science are applied — the classical positivist criteria of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim, or the interpretive criteria of Max Weber, and a fair verdict must weigh both traditions honestly rather than picking one side by default.

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  • The Case For: Sociology as Science
  • The Case Against: Sociology's Distinctive Limits
  • Weighing the Two Sides: A Reasoned Verdict

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