The Methodologies of Positivism and Marxism

Positivism as a theory of science - Comte, Popper, summary positivism in sociology - the definition of sociological knowledge, the logic of sociological investigation, of observation, the practical utility of sociological knowledge, summary Marxist realism as a theory of science - Keats argument, summary Marxist realism in sociology - the definition of sociological knowledge, the logic of scientific investigation, of investigation, the practical utility of sociological knowledge Marxist non-realism as a theory of science - Habermas' arguments, summary Marxist non-realism in sociology - the definition of sociological knowledge, the logic of scientific discovery, a non-realist view of methods in sociology, the practical utility of sociological theorizing, summary summary of the debate

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