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Philosophy of Social Sciences

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Decks in this class (7)

Lecture 1: Introduction
What does the research cycle look...,
What are methodological questions,
What is deductive reasoning
4  cards
Chapter 1: Introduction
What is metaphysics,
What is ontology,
What is epistomology
4  cards
Lecture 2: What is knowledge? Ways of knowing
What are the three groups of scie...,
What are natural sciences,
What are humanities
11  cards
Lecture 3: Positivism
What is classical empiricism,
What did locke say with regards t...,
What is hume s problem with empir...
10  cards
Lecture 4: Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos
What was karl popper known for,
What is critical rationalism,
What was thomas kuhn known for
6  cards
Lecture 5: Paradigm shifts
What are paradigms,
Why are scientists part of a cert...,
What does a paradigm consist of
10  cards
Lecture 6: Social constructionism, anti-positivism, hermeneutics
What is the anti positivist response,
What are the general themes of th...,
What is verstehen
3  cards

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