SemesterSpring Semester, 2020
DepartmentPhD Program of Political Science, First Year PhD Program of Political Science, Second Year
Course NamePhilosophy of Social Sciences
InstructorYEH HAO
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Week 1: What is Philosophy of Social Sciences?



Week 2: Cause, Agent, and Structure



Week 3: Rationalism & Empiricism



Week 4: System, Function, and Game Theory



Week 5: Understanding & Explanation



Week 6: Neutrality, Objectivity, and Relativism



Week 7: Durkheim



Week 8: Weber



Week 9: Hermeneutics



Week 10: Genealogy



Week 11: Critical Theory



Week 12: Critical Realism



Week 13: The Concept of Scientific History



Week 14: Does Political Theory Still Exist?



Week 15: Historical Inevitability



Week 16: The Counter-Enlightenment



Week 17: The Divorce between the Sciences and the Humanities



Week 18: Final evaluation



Students should pay at least 20hrs/week for this class.


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

N/A


Requirement/Grading

Class participation 30%



Final report 70%


Textbook & Reference
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