ABSTRACT
In the introduction to The Philosophy of Money, Georg Simmel provided the differentiating classification of sociological epistemology, positive social science and social ethics. In 1894, Simmel started to develop the epistemological fundamentals for his sociological research programme. He published the German essay on 'The Problem of Sociology'. Simmel's bid to describe the possible reciprocal integration between social variability and social differentiation concludes his enquiry into social mechanisms. The aim of Simmel's sociological epistemology is to trace the 'categories of consciousness' that allow for the convergence of social action and social structure in the everyday praxis of social actors. Space sociology that looks into the spatiality, locality and territoriality of social forms becomes a central concern for Simmel's research programme. Until 1908, the further refinement of Simmel's sociology shows that he developed a multilevel sociological research programme that also incorporated the dimensions of social action and social validity.
