NPTEL : NOC:Science, Technology and Society (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Sambit Mallick


Lecture 1 - Cognitive Dimensions - I

Lecture 2 - Cognitive Dimensions - II

Lecture 3 - Ethical Dimensions

Lecture 4 - Inductivism and Hypothesism - I

Lecture 5 - Inductivism and Hypothesism - II

Lecture 6 - Positivism - I

Lecture 7 - Positivism - II

Lecture 8 - Karl Popper - I

Lecture 9 - Karl Popper - II

Lecture 10 - Thomas Kuhn

Lecture 11 - Popper versus Kuhn

Lecture 12 - Paul Feyerabend

Lecture 13 - Rewards and Recognitions - I

Lecture 14 - Rewards and Recognitions - II

Lecture 15 - Rewards and Recognitions - III

Lecture 16 - Cumulative Advantage and Symbolism of Intellectual Property - I

Lecture 17 - Cumulative Advantage and Symbolism of Intellectual Property - II

Lecture 18 - Cumulative Advantage and Symbolism of Intellectual Property - III

Lecture 19 - Max Weber

Lecture 20 - Preliminary Exercise and Explanation

Lecture 21 - Edwin Layton Jr.

Lecture 22 - Langdon Winner - I

Lecture 23 - Langdon Winner - II

Lecture 24 - Langdon Winner - III

Lecture 25 - Donald MacKenzie and Judy Wajcman - I

Lecture 26 - Donald MacKenzie and Judy Wajcman - II

Lecture 27 - Thomas Edison

Lecture 28 - Capitalism, class, gender, city, machine, workplace - I

Lecture 29 - Capitalism, class, gender, city, machine, workplace - II

Lecture 30 - Capitalism, class, gender, city, machine, workplace - III

Lecture 31 - Alvin Toffler and Daniel Bell

Lecture 32 - Themes and Factors of Information Technology

Lecture 33 - Information Technology and Reconceptualization of Class

Lecture 34 - Reception of Modern Science in India

Lecture 35 - Science Policies in India

Lecture 36 - Summary of the Course