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ISSC "Theory" in sociology What is a sociological theory? And how does it relate to the challenge of providing explanations of social facts? In the natural sciences the answer to this question is fairly clear. A theory is a hypothesis about one or more entities or processes and a specification of their operations and interactions. So in the natural sciences, theories are expected to have precise specification, deductive consequences, and specific bridge relationships to observable phenomena. Is there anything like this construct in the social sciences? The question of the role of theory in social thinking is a complex one, and the concept of theory seems to be an ambiguous one (as Gabriel Abend points out in an article mentioned below). At a much more abstract level, we might consider whether a theory is a broad family of ideas, assumptions, concepts, and hypotheses about how the world works. Consider this taxonomy of the field of social knowledge-creation: ; link, link, link). Theory1.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Home Page Reading Capital Courses: Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 with David Harvey – 2019 Edition A close reading of the text of Karl Marx’s Capital Volume I in 12 video lectures by Professor David Harvey. Recorded at The People’s Forum in New York City in 2019. YouTube Playlist Podcast available on Spotify, iTunes, PodBean, and RSS. Course Materials: Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I with David Harvey – 2007 Edition A close reading of the text of Karl Marx’s Capital Volume I in 13 video lectures by Professor David Harvey. YouTube Playlist Subscribe to a course as a video or audio podcast: Help make this Capital v1 course accessible in other languages: join our translation project These lectures were the inspiration for the book: A Companion to Marx’s Capital published by Verso in 2010. Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 2 with David Harvey A close reading of the text of Karl Marx’s Capital Volume 2 (plus parts of Volume 3) in 12 video lectures by Professor David Harvey (2012). YouTube Playlist YouTube Playlist Figures:
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