HPS 2460 - PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This seminar explores issues in social ontology (social objects and social actors) , social causation (methodological individualism and meso- and macro-causes), social explanation (mechanisms, middle-range theories, and laws) and methodology (case-study methods, participant-observer methods, laboratory and statistical methods). We will consider unique issues and resources for sciences of society (rational choice theory, normativity and intentionality).
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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