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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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