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 136-446 Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences

Availability

Not offered in 1998.

Credit Points

16.7 4th year

Coordinator

Dr Tim O'Meara

Prerequisites

Entry to Fourth Year Honours or Postgraduate standing.

Contact

A weekly 3-hour seminar

Subject Description

Methodological and epistemological issues at an advanced level, focusing especially on causation in human affairs, the nature of understanding and explanation in the social sciences, hermeneutics, the problems of objectivity and value freedom, tests, and research design in the human sciences. Students completing this subject should be able to explore a number of methodological and epistemological issues at an advanced level.

Assessment

Essays and assignments totalling not more than 6000 words.



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