Es ist eine neuere Version 2024W dieser LV im Curriculum Master's programme Sociology 2024W vorhanden.
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Workload
Education level
Study areas
Responsible person
Hours per week
Coordinating university
6 ECTS
B2 - Bachelor's programme 2. year
Social Science
Volker Gadenne
2 hpw
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Pre-requisites
(*)keine
Original study plan
Bachelor's programme Sociology 2013W
Objectives
The course focuses on philosophical issues found in various fields of social sciences at an advanced level.
Subject
The course explores philosophical questions in the social sciences including: empirical science and philosophy; the rationality of scientific knowledge; the structure of theories in the social sciences, theory testing; explanation and understanding; the reducibility of sociological to psychological laws; the construction of reality; the role of value statements; the ontological status of rules and norms.
Criteria for evaluation
Examination
Attendance, in-class participation, term paper, presentations
Methods
Lecture by instructor
Student presentations,
Discussions on respective topics
