Political Science - Philosophy of Social Science POLI 3496   Philosophy of Social Science
CREDIT HOURS: 3
Can people from different cultures understand each other? What is to be a member of a culture? Are societies best thought of as collections of individuals, or are individuals constituted by societies? In what sense are the social sciences "sciences"? Are societies describable by explanatory laws? What counts as an explanation of human behaviour: This course explores these and related questions through a reading of classic and contemporary philosophers and social theorists.