Week - 1 |
Basic Concepts I: Science, scientific method, paradigm.
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Week - 2 |
Basic Concepts II: Theory, hypothesis, conjecture, deduction, induction, phases of scientific research. |
Week - 3 |
History of Scientific Method: Scientific revolution, Enlightenment Thought, Social sciences and natural sciences distinction
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Week - 4 |
Paradigms in Social Science Methodology I: Positivist approach
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Week - 5 |
Representatives of the Positivist Approach: Auguste Comte's method |
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Representatives of the Positivist Approach: Emile Durkheim's method |
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Criticisms of Empiricism and Positivism |
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Paradigms in Social Science Methodology II: Interpretive approach |
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Representatives of the Interpretive Approach: Max Weber's understanding of the method |
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Paradigms in Social Science Methodology III: Critical approach |
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Representatives of the Critical Approach: Karl Marx's understanding of method |
Week - 12 |
Paradigms in Social Science Methodology IV: Feminist Approach |
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Repetition and Comparison of Paradigms |
Week - 14 |
Examining research examples from different paradigms |