Dear all, This term Katie (kr375) and I thought it would be interesting to read some general, introductory papers in the philosophy of social science. We'll be meeting in the faculty board room in the Philophy dept at 4-5.30 on thursdays (starting this thursday 21st April). No previous knowledge required or assumed (we don't have any)! All welcome.
best wishes, Dan and Katie. PROVISIONAL READING LIST (SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!) (All readings can be found online. Let me know if you have trouble accessing them). 21/04/2016 Week 1: Rosenberg, A.: “The methodological divide: naturalism versus interpretation” ch.1 “The Philosophy of Social Science”, 4th ed. 28/04/2016 Week 2: Ross, D.: “Economics and Allegations of Scientism” https://www.academia.edu/19751052/Economics_and_allegations_of_scientism 5/05/2016 Week 3: Dasgupta: “Facts and Values in Modern Economics”, in The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics 2009, ed. Ross and Kincaid. 12/05/2016 Week 4: Hayek, F. “The Use of Knowledge in Society” - “The Pretence of Knowledge” (Optional) - Both are widely available online and elsewhere. 19/05/2016 Week 5: Lewens, T. “Cultural Evolution: Integration and Skepticism”, in Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science 2012, ed. Kincaid, H. 26/05/2016 Week 6: Searle, J. “What is an Institution?”, Journal of Institutional Economics, 2005. 2/06/2016 Week 7: Alexandrova, A. “Well-Being”, in Philosophy of Social Science: a New Introduction 2015, ed. Cartwright, N., Montushi, E. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
