Syllabus: Optional Subject – Sociology – Papers I
Sociology as Science: (c) Positivism and its critique.
| What are the shortfalls of positivist philosophy that gave rise to the non-positivist methods of studying social reality? | 20 marks (3a/ 2022) |
| Phenomenological perspectives in Sociology reject many of the assumption of positivism, Comment. | (20/I/7b/20) |
| Examine the basic postulates of positivism and post-positivism. | (17/I/2b/20) |
| Explain ethnomethodological and phenomenological perspectives as critique of positivism. | (17/I/1b/10) |
| Critically examine positivistic approach in sociology studies. | (150 Words (13/I/1c/10) |