Philosophy of Social Sciences: Some Reflection on Positivism

Authore(s) : Ms. Divya Mb ||| Reseacher

Volume : 9, Issue : 3, March - 2022

Abstract : In this, contemporary world we are more emphasis on knowledge based aspects. By a study of conservative social epistemology we acquired knowledge from social sciences, where the effects of social processes on individual reasoning and knowledge. It also explains how knowledge is justified, how social scientists come to know and what they know. The study of epistemology in philosophy is important because it helps us evaluate what we see or perceive, which extend our experimental knowledge. It helps us determine the true from false and helps us gain productive knowledge. Because its a rational and critical foundation of our society.In Social Sciences some of the disciplines like Anthropology, Philosophy, Law, Archaeology, Criminology, Education, Economics, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Science, History these are all interrelated to one to other and gives normative or value based knowledge to us. The leading philosophical ideas that have been applied to the social sciences emerged out of these social world. As a part of that, positivism is maintains reliable knowledge is based on direct, verifiable, observation or manipulation of natural phenomena through empirical or experimental issues. On the basis of that individuals constructing our personality and society. Positivism is the view that social phenomena ought to be studied using only the methods of the natural sciences. So positivism is a view about the appropriate methodology of social science, emphasizing  empirical  observation.  In  this  background,  this paper is mainly focused on positive philosophy and highlights the discussion of how philosophers of social science, have try to explains the methodological importance of positivism in knowledge widening phenomena in this century. Also to know about how social scientific knowledge will also give us an idea of some of the rethinking phenomena in social sciences in the modern world.

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