? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : SPS-P-SUPSS

the course will consider how philosophical critiques of positivism can be brought to bear on the question of how social scientists should conduct their research developing the possible parameters of an ‘interpretive’ approach to data analysis. It will try to develop a contemporary and (socially informed) slant on a perennial philosophical issue, the human condition.

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Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Science), (School of Social and Political Science, Schedule J)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 14/01/2009 14:00 16:00 Seminar Room 6, Chrystal Macmillan Building Central

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Tutorial Wednesday 14:00 15:50 Central

to explore how the concerns of contemporary philosophy can be relevant to current issues in the social sciences

essay in region of 4,000 wods

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Sue Grant
Tel : (0131 6)51 1777
Email : sue.grant@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr S Raffel
Tel : (0131 6)50 3994
Email : Stanley.Raffel@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/