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‘The methods of sociology are inadequate in understanding the complex social phenomena.’ Discuss.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Sociology as a Science

The charge is as old as the discipline: methods borrowed from natural science are said to be too blunt for a reality that is meaningful, reflexive and multiply caused. The claim has force, but the verdict depends on the standard applied — against Newtonian prediction sociology fails, against its own object it does not.

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