PLEASE NOTE this is a 2013 reading list—the precise content may change in future years.
Term 2, Week 1
Organisational/Introductory Meeting
Questions:
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What is involved in providing an explanation? How is explanation distinct from and related
to interpretation?
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What is naturalism? To what extent is naturalism a coherent approach to social science?
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What is the ‘covering rule’ model of explanation?
Preparatory Readings - please read two of the following:
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* Hollis, ‘Philosophy of social science’, in the Blackwell companion to Philosophy, pp.258-87.
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* Hay, Ch.2, ‘What’s ‘political’ about political science?’, pp.59-88.
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Rosenberg, Ch.1, ‘What is the Philosophy of Social Science’, pp.1-27.
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Benton and Craib, ‘Introduction’, pp.1-12.
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Delanty and Styrdom, ‘What is the philosophy of social science?’, pp.1-12.
(items marked * are available as scanned documents)