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ECON 6910

Foundations of the Social Sciences

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Social science research almost always combines empirical observation (data), the construction of concepts (language), and the logical analysis of the relations between observations and concepts (statistics). This course examines the relations between these three dimensions as the analyst moves from one to the other both as practice and in the crafting of a formal summary of findings and argument. We will be particularly interested in the foundational assumptions that underpin the connections between empirical reality, language, and statistical analysis. While these foundational assumptions are often taken for granted by social scientists, they vary dramatically between social science disciplines. The implicit contradiction between that variance and their doxic acceptance within disciplines will be a primary focus of the course.

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Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: GOVT 6122, PHIL 6922
Credits and Grading Basis

4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)

Class Number & Section Details

20085 ECON 6910 SEM 101
Meeting Pattern
- R 11:15am - 1:45pm
- Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
- Instructors
  
  Bensel, R

Status	Title	Author	ISBN/Publisher	Retail Price Range
Required	Capital in the Twenty-First Century Author Piketty, Thomas	Piketty, Thomas	9780674979857	$22.00
Required	Competition, Economic Planning and the Knowledge Problem Author Kirzner	Kirzner	9780865978638 Liberty Fund/Ingram	$12.00
Required	Conjectures And Refutations: The Growth Of Scientific Knowledge (Edition: 2) Author Popper	Popper	9780415285940 Routledge	$29.95
Required	Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will Author Sapolsky	Sapolsky	9780525560999 Penguin Publishing Group	$21.00
Required	Gdp: A Brief but Affectionate History - Revised and Expanded Edition Author Coyle	Coyle	9780691169859 Princeton University Press	$15.95
Required	Logical Positivism Author Ayer, A. J.	Ayer, A. J.	9780029011300	$26.00
Required	Philosophies of Social Science: The Classic and Contemporary Readings Author Delanty	Delanty	9780335208845 Mcgraw-Hill Education	$55.50
Required	Philosophy of Mathematics Author Linnebo	Linnebo	9780691202297 Princeton University Press	$26.95
Required	Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers Author King	King	9780393541984 Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.	$17.95
Required	Readings In Philosophy Of Social Science (p) Author Martin	Martin	9780262631518 Mit Press	$78.00
Required	Structure Of Scientific Revolutions: 50Th-Anniversary Edition (Edition: 4) Author KUHN	KUHN	9780226458120 University Of Chicago Press	$15.00
Required	The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud Author Freud	Freud	9780679601661 Random House Publishing Group	$24.00
Required	The Construction Of Social Reality Author Searle	Searle	9780684831794 Free Press	$16.95
Required	The Linguistics Wars: Chomsky, Lakoff, and the Battle over Deep Structure (Edition: 2) Author Harris	Harris	9780199740338 Oxford University Press, Incorporated	$39.95
Required	The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity Author Sahlins	Sahlins	9780691215921 Princeton University Press	$27.95
Required	Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science Author Godfrey-Smith	Godfrey-Smith	9780226618654 University Of Chicago Press	$33.00
Required	Unity of Science Author Tahko, Tuomas E.	Tahko, Tuomas E.	9781108713382	$22.00
Required	Witchcraft Oracles And Magic Among The Azande (Abridged) Author Evans-Pritchard	Evans-Pritchard	9780198740292 Oxford University Press	$75.99
Required	Wittgenstein Author Grayling	Grayling	9780192854117 Oxford University Press, Incorporated	$11.95
Optional	Metaphors We Live By Author Lakoff, George	Lakoff, George	9780226468013	$16.00
Optional	The Cambridge Companion to Logical Empiricism Author Richardson	Richardson	9780521796286 Cambridge University Press	$36.99
Optional	The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein (Edition: 2) Author Sluga	Sluga	9781107545946 Cambridge University Press	$34.99

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20083 ECON 6910 IND 601
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