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PHL361: Philosophy of the Social Sciences

PHI 361: Philosophy of Social Sciences is a philosophical inquiry into the logic and methodology of social sciences, and the problems encountered in the disciplines concerning man and the society, topics to be addressed includes the meaning of causation, the problem of induction, the use and abuse of statistics, and the place of ideological models in social studies.

What Will You Learn?

 

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Teacher Of Course
Dr. Emmanuel Ofuasia
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Information Of Course
Category
Social Sciences
Duration Time
1 Semester
Level
300 Level
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Objectives:

i. To know the meaning of philosophy of social sciences

ii. To take a philosophical tour of the logic of social science.

iii. To understand the method of social research.

iv. Knowledge of the meaning of causation.

v. Understanding the problem of induction.

vi. Analysing the use and abuse of statistics.

 

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Course Department
Philosophy

Course Features

Lessons Of Course

the subject matter of Philosophy of the social science 6:42:00 am
The concept of society 6:18:00 am
Relationship between epistemology and social science 5:26:00 am
Relationship between the metaphysics and Social Science 6:44:00 am
Relationship between logic and the social sciences 5:20:00 am
ethics and the social science 6:06:00 am
philosophy and the natural science 6:09:00 am
Methodological Approach of the Social Sciences 6:46:00 am
Naturalism 05:35
Reductionism 6:34:00 am

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