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General discussion..... What is serdipity? ( asked in UPSC 2010)
Do you mean serendipity?
Funnily enough i dont have any idea to which topic does it relates to However general meaning of serendipity is a positive coincidence.How do we write a sociological answer for above question? Where did you find the question.Was there an answer there?
Yes serendipity.... thanks for correcting. No I didn't find answers. But I think it is related to..... R.K Merton's analysis...
General discussion..... What is serdipity? ( asked in UPSC 2010)
Do you mean serendipity?
Funnily enough i dont have any idea to which topic does it relates to However general meaning of serendipity is a positive coincidence.How do we write a sociological answer for above question? Where did you find the question.Was there an answer there?
General discussion..... What is serdipity? ( asked in UPSC 2010)
Do you mean serendipity?
Funnily enough i dont have any idea to which topic does it relates to However general meaning of serendipity is a positive coincidence.How do we write a sociological answer for above question? Where did you find the question.Was there an answer there?
Apart from general meaning of serendipity, for sociological perspective we can relate this concept to RK Merton's essays where he explained relationship between theory and research. While talking on intiating a new theory under bearing of research on theory- he argued that sometimes anomalous but strategic data come to light which exert pressure for initiating a new theory. This is called as serendipity. For e.g. social research of Hawthrone studies actually led to finding of "informal groups" that led to growth of Human relations approach. Similarly you can relate it to other social phenomenon.
General discussion..... What is serendipity? ( asked in UPSC 2010)
Where did you find the question.Was there an answer there?
Apart from general meaning of serendipity, for sociological perspective we can relate this concept to RK Merton's essays where he explained relationship between theory and research. While talking on intiating a new theory under bearing of research on theory- he argued that sometimes anomalous but strategic data come to light which exert pressure for initiating a new theory. This is called as serendipity. For e.g. social research of Hawthrone studies actually led to finding of "informal groups" that led to growth of Human relations approach. Similarly you can relate it to other social phenomenon.
Someone has written answer in previous thread i have just pasted it (not mine....just found on one of the previous threads).This might be helpful..... Q1. Write a short note on serendipity. Serendipity in general term is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely. Robert Merton made wide use of this term in theorizing. For him it is a methodology for scientific research. In 1946, Merton revealed his concept of the “serendipity pattern” in empirical research, of observing an unanticipated, anomalous, and strategic datum, which becomes the occasion for developing a new theory or for extending an existing theory. The serendipity pattern is Merton’s proposal to attempt to complete the hypothetical-deductive model, which is a logical model, and so fails to describe much of what actually occurs in fruitful investigation.
A research directed towards the test of a hypothesis yields a fortuitous by-product, an unexpected observation which bears upon theories not in question when the research was begun. The observation is anomalous, surprising, either because it seems inconsistent with prevailing theory or with other established facts. The seeming inconsistency may provoke some researcher to avoid those observations but Merton says that such observations should be utilized. Observer must detect the universal in the particular.
Merton has said in this context that “Scientific inquiry cannot be metaphorically represented as hunting a hare (searching for a specific applicable scientific theory) with a rifle (the rules of scientific method). Indeed if you are clever enough to take advantage of the opportunity, you may capture a fox thanks to accidental circumstances while searching for hares”.
The serendipity pattern not only refuses deterministic positivist approach, but also the opposite interpretive approach which tries to understand meanings assigned by actors, in a social research. It relies on the observation and not ignoring any of them. Serendipity pattern says too much planning in science is harmful and one cannot plan discoveries, but can plan work that will probably lead to discoveries.
General discussion..... What is serdipity? ( asked in UPSC 2010)
Do you mean serendipity?
Funnily enough i dont have any idea to which topic does it relates to However general meaning of serendipity is a positive coincidence.How do we write a sociological answer for above question? Where did you find the question.Was there an answer there?
Apart from general meaning of serendipity, for sociological perspective we can relate this concept to RK Merton's essays where he explained relationship between theory and research. While talking on intiating a new theory under bearing of research on theory- he argued that sometimes anomalous but strategic data come to light which exert pressure for initiating a new theory. This is called as serendipity. For e.g. social research of Hawthrone studies actually led to finding of "informal groups" that led to growth of Human relations approach. Similarly you can relate it to other social phenomenon.
Thanx..yeah now i can recollect it...i could only vaguely recall it upon seeing the question...revision much needed...
Yep @captaincool it relates to Merton ....i need to revisit..thinkers...i have only done one reading of that part and it already is sliping away
@aman131 How to approach paper 2 population dynamics part ..any specific strategy. .i found it very much linked with current affairs. .how to bring sociological views in subtopics like ageing,morality birth death etc..your guidance would be valuable for all..
@aman131 How to approach paper 2 population dynamics part ..any specific strategy. .i found it very much linked with current affairs. .how to bring sociological views in subtopics like ageing,morality birth death etc..your guidance would be valuable for all..
Basic for this topic is kanitkar's book but I thnk its not updated with latest census data. Besides this Nothng much can be done in population dynamics but yes vision model answers of past few years provide a good content on the topics u mentioned.
@aman131 How to approach paper 2 population dynamics part ..any specific strategy. .i found it very much linked with current affairs. .how to bring sociological views in subtopics like ageing,morality birth death etc..your guidance would be valuable for all..
Basic for this topic is kanitkar's book but I thnk its not updated with latest census data. Besides this Nothng much can be done in population dynamics but yes vision model answers of past few years provide a good content on the topics u mentioned.
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Funnily enough i dont have any idea to which topic does it relates to
However general meaning of serendipity is a positive coincidence.How do we write a sociological answer for above question?
Where did you find the question.Was there an answer there?
Similarly you can relate it to other social phenomenon.
Q1. Write a short note on serendipity.
Serendipity in general term is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely. Robert Merton made wide use of this term in theorizing. For him it is a methodology for scientific research. In 1946, Merton revealed his concept of the “serendipity pattern” in empirical research, of observing an unanticipated, anomalous, and strategic datum, which becomes the occasion for developing a new theory or for extending an existing theory. The serendipity pattern is Merton’s proposal to attempt to complete the hypothetical-deductive model, which is a logical model, and so fails to describe much of what actually occurs in fruitful investigation.
A research directed towards the test of a hypothesis yields a fortuitous by-product, an unexpected observation which bears upon theories not in question when the research was begun. The observation is anomalous, surprising, either because it seems inconsistent with prevailing theory or with other established facts. The seeming inconsistency may provoke some researcher to avoid those observations but Merton says that such observations should be utilized. Observer must detect the universal in the particular.
Merton has said in this context that “Scientific inquiry cannot be metaphorically represented as hunting a hare (searching for a specific applicable scientific theory) with a rifle (the rules of scientific method). Indeed if you are clever enough to take advantage of the opportunity, you may capture a fox thanks to accidental circumstances while searching for hares”.
The serendipity pattern not only refuses deterministic positivist approach, but also the opposite interpretive approach which tries to understand meanings assigned by actors, in a social research. It relies on the observation and not ignoring any of them. Serendipity pattern says too much planning in science is harmful and one cannot plan discoveries, but can plan work that will probably lead to discoveries.
Yep @captaincool it relates to Merton ....i need to revisit..thinkers...i have only done one reading of that part and it already is sliping away
How to approach paper 2 population dynamics part ..any specific strategy. .i found it very much linked with current affairs. .how to bring sociological views in subtopics like ageing,morality birth death etc..your guidance would be valuable for all..