PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2004 ID-65232
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The ontological and epistemological perspectives that have informed these debates on the varying aims, approaches,' concepts and methods ·ofsocial sciences will be taken up for 1 analysis and evaluation. 1· : .
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Topics for detailed study : .
1. Studying Social Phenomena: An introduction to ontological and epistemological .
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Problematic ofthe distinction between the reahns ofthe social and the natural .
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Positivist conception ofscience and its criticisms .
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Human Cognitive Interests and Conceptions ofSocial Inquiry: .
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(i) Manipulation, Control and Prediction -Causal Analysis, Confirmation and Explanation · (ri) Making Sense, Understanding Meaning -Hermeneutic Interpretation .
(iii) Emancipation, TranSformation-Critical Theory and Praxis .
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Individualism and Collectivism .
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Values and objectivity ofSocial Inquiry .
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Re.adings: .
Books: .
L John Searle: The Constructiori of Social Reality, Ne\.V York, Free .
Press:>l995.* . .
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2. Peter Vl:nch: The Idea ofASocialScience, London, Routledge, 1996. * .
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Ficr,.ard S. Rudner: Philosophy ofSocial Science, New Jersey, Prenti--:e Hall, .
1994. .
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H. G. Gadamer: Truth and Method, (tr. & ed.) Gan·ett Barden and John .
Cumming, New. York,<~ea bury Press, 1975. ·· .
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5. Jurgen Habermas, Knowledge and Human Interests (tr.) Jeremy J. Shapiro, .
Landor~ Heineni.arm, 1971 *. , .
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6. Paul Ricoeur: Henneneutics and the Social Sciences (ed. 8: tr.) J. B. Thompson, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1981. * .
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Maurice Mandelbaum: Purpose and Necessity in Social Theory, Baltimore, .
Jolm Hopkins University Press, 1987. _ .
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Harold Kincaid: Philosophical Foundations of the Social Sciences, .
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press~ 1996. .
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Richard J. Bernstein: Beyond Objectivism and Relativism, Oxfor~ Basil .
Blackwell, 1983* .
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Roger Trigg: Understanding Soc~alScience -APhilosophical Introduction .
to the Social Sciences, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1985. .
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11 . Nigel Pleasents: Wittgenstein and The Idea ofA Critical Social Theory, .
Routledge, 1999. . :-:'., .
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12. Gwpreet Mahajan: Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences, .
Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1992. . :~ .
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13. Rajeev Bhargava: Individualism in Socia{S~ience, Oxfor~ClarendonPress, .
1992 .
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14. David Thomas: Naturalism and Social Science -A Post-Empiricist .
Philosophy of Social Science, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1979. .
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PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2004 ID-65232
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The ontological and epistemological perspectives that have informed these debates on the varying aims, approaches,' concepts and methods ·ofsocial sciences will be taken up for 1 analysis and evaluation. 1· : .
-· .
-· .
c.
Topics for detailed study : .
1. Studying Social Phenomena: An introduction to ontological and epistemological .
. . .
tSsues . .
2. .
Problematic ofthe distinction between the reahns ofthe social and the natural .
.
3. .
Positivist conception ofscience and its criticisms .
.
4. .
Human Cognitive Interests and Conceptions ofSocial Inquiry: .
.
(i) Manipulation, Control and Prediction -Causal Analysis, Confirmation and Explanation · (ri) Making Sense, Understanding Meaning -Hermeneutic Interpretation .
(iii) Emancipation, TranSformation-Critical Theory and Praxis .
.
5. .
Individualism and Collectivism .
.
6. .
Values and objectivity ofSocial Inquiry .
.
.
Re.adings: .
Books: .
L John Searle: The Constructiori of Social Reality, Ne\.V York, Free .
Press:>l995.* . .
.
2. Peter Vl:nch: The Idea ofASocialScience, London, Routledge, 1996. * .
3. .
Ficr,.ard S. Rudner: Philosophy ofSocial Science, New Jersey, Prenti--:e Hall, .
1994. .
.
.
4. .
H. G. Gadamer: Truth and Method, (tr. & ed.) Gan·ett Barden and John .
Cumming, New. York,<~ea bury Press, 1975. ·· .
.
.
.
5. Jurgen Habermas, Knowledge and Human Interests (tr.) Jeremy J. Shapiro, .
Landor~ Heineni.arm, 1971 *. , .
.
6. Paul Ricoeur: Henneneutics and the Social Sciences (ed. 8: tr.) J. B. Thompson, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1981. * .
7. .
Maurice Mandelbaum: Purpose and Necessity in Social Theory, Baltimore, .
Jolm Hopkins University Press, 1987. _ .
.
.
8. .
Harold Kincaid: Philosophical Foundations of the Social Sciences, .
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press~ 1996. .
.
.
9. .
Richard J. Bernstein: Beyond Objectivism and Relativism, Oxfor~ Basil .
Blackwell, 1983* .
.
.
10. .
Roger Trigg: Understanding Soc~alScience -APhilosophical Introduction .
to the Social Sciences, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1985. .
.
.
.
11 . Nigel Pleasents: Wittgenstein and The Idea ofA Critical Social Theory, .
Routledge, 1999. . :-:'., .
.
12. Gwpreet Mahajan: Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences, .
Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1992. . :~ .
.
13. Rajeev Bhargava: Individualism in Socia{S~ience, Oxfor~ClarendonPress, .
1992 .
.
14. David Thomas: Naturalism and Social Science -A Post-Empiricist .
Philosophy of Social Science, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1979. .
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