Mapping scientific method : disciplinary narrations edited by Gita Chadha and Renny Thomas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Method-o-logical diversity : seeking disciplinary narrations / Gita Chadha and Renny Thomas -- Methods in substantivist linguistics / Probal Dasgupta -- "If not precisely a science" : the provocations of literary studies / Sharmila Sreekumar -- Philosophy and method / Sundar Sarukkai -- The methods of mathematics / Amber Habib -- Questions of method : the philosophy and practice of modern human genetics / Chitra Kannabiran -- Chemistry, method, science, society : a conversation / Gita Chadha, Ram Ramaswamy and Renny Thomas -- "Between clearing and concealment" : knowledge-making in physics / K. Sridhar -- Decolonising method : where do we stand in political studies? / Aditya Nigam -- Betwixt and between? : Anthropology's engagement with the sciences and humanities / Kamala Ganesh -- Economics, feminist economics and women's studies : methodological orientations and disciplinary boundaries / Neetha N -- Method, object and praxis : Marx and the historians of science / Rahul Govind -- Psychology in India : knowledge, method, nation / Sabah Siddiqui -- Geography in India : gendered concerns and methodological issues / Saraswati Raju -- Beyond the postcolonial : speculations on the Indian contemporary / Yasmeen Arif.

"This volume explores how the scientific method enters and determines the dominant methodologies of various modern academic disciplines. It highlights the ways in which practitioners from different disciplinary backgrounds -- the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences -- engage with the scientific method in their own disciplines. The book maps the discourse (within each of the disciplines) that critiques the scientific method, from different social locations, in order to argue for more complex and nuanced approaches in methodology. It also investigates the connections between the method and the structures of power and domination which exist within these disciplines. In the process, it offers a new way of thinking about the philosophy of the scientific method. Part of the Science and Technology Studies series, this volume is the first of its kind in the South Asian context to debate scientific methods and address questions by scholars based in the global south. It will be useful to students of science, humanities, social sciences, philosophy of science, and philosophy of social science. Research scholars from these disciplines, especially those engaging in interdisciplinary research, will also benefit from this volume"--