121-446 Explanation and Understanding | |
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Note | Formerly available as 121-085 or 136-020. Students who have completed 121-085 or 136-020 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 4th year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Monica Minnegal |
Prerequisites | Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth year honours in anthropology. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
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. |
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