Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Catalog description

An examination of concepts and problems arising in the philosophical study of the social sciences, including issues pertaining to ontology, epistemology, methodology, values & objectivity, scientific models, and explanation. Some questions explored are: What are social phenomena and social categories? What makes social science different from natural science? How do values influence the practice of social science? What kinds of mathematical and computational models are used in social science? How does social science explain social phenomena?