24.810 Topics in Philosophy of Science: Social Science, Fall 2006
Author(s)
Haslanger, Sally
Alternative Title
Topics in Philosophy of Science: Social Science
Date Issued
December 2006
Abstract
This course offers an advanced survey of current debates about the ontology, methodology, and aims of the social sciences.
Subjects
Ontology
methodology
social science
human being
human behavior
social structure
practices
norms
institutions
individual
society
mental state
values
theory
objectivity
reductionism
individualism
holism
prediction
laws
explanation
rational choice
functional
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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