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2011-2012 University Catalog

PHIL 357 - Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Credits: 3 (NR)
Philosophical issues relating to competing methodologies for the social sciences. Analysis and critique of mainstream positivism and behaviorism; paradigm theory and scientific revolutions; interpretive understanding and hermeneutical science; phenomenology and the social construction of reality; ethnomethodology and situational meaning; analytic philosophy and action theory; the “idea” of a social science; sociology of knowledge and theory of ideology; and Western Marxism and critical theory.

Equivalent to SOCI 599

Prerequisite(s): 3 credits of philosophy, or permission of instructor.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0