PHIL323 Philosophy of Social Science
| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
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| Online level | Level B - Internet access required | |||||||||
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| Supervised Exam | June | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | either any 24 cp or 12 cp in Philosophy | |||||||||
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| Restrictions | EnqSocSc 223, 224; PHSS 223, 323 | |||||||||
| Notes | None | |||||||||
| Combined Units | None | |||||||||
| Coordinator(s) | William Mcdonald (wmcdonal@une.edu.au) | |||||||||
| Unit Description |
PHIL 323 is a compulsory unit for candidates in the Bachelor of Social Science degree. It addresses fundamental issues of methodology, epistemology, and value in the social sciences, drawing particularly on examples from sociology and psychology. The unit develops skills in critical thinking about social scientific practices, and examines the viability of major social scientific methodologies, such as empiricism, positivism, behaviourism, functionalism, hermeneutics, phenomenology, and critical realism. It develops skills in ethical enquiry into social scientific practices by means of selected case studies. The unit aims to teach students of the social sciences how to reflect on the epistemological rigour and ethical probity of the social scientific practices into which they are being inducted. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
Text(s):Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material
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| Recommended Material Optional |
None | |||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |