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121-085 Explanation and Understanding | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-020/446. Students who have completed 136-020/446 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Monica Minnegal |
Prerequisites | Admission to Fourth Year Honours. |
Semester | 1, repeat 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines 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 | Written work totalling 5000 words. |
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