PHIL 416Philosophy of Social Science

3 credits · Philosophy · Penn State

This course focuses on the methods and epistemological bases for work in the social sciences, which include any field that focuses on explanations of human behavior, psychology or social activity. Topics include questions of objectivity, meaning and interpretation, and the grounds for knowledge of the human condition. Issues may also include whether such sciences are best seen as empirical (even quantitative) accounts of human behavior or interpretive and qualitative understandings of those phenomena.