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MAND621

PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Course Code
MAND621
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
15
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS15
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Improving the skill of sketching general framework of the Philosophy of Social Science with a critical mind.
  2. Becoming a researcher who is eligible to improve and criticise the literature in the field of the Philosophy of Social Science.
  3. Improving the skill of writing a conceptual paper which is prepared as addressable in the field of the Philosophy of Social Science.
  4. Will comprehend ethical principles specific to social sciences
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsMAND658 CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT APPROACHES MAND635 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT THEORIES
Course DescriptionThe course concerns how social science accomplishes ontological and epistemological objectives in a research program. Logical positivism and scientific realism are going to be the main topics of discussion. Social theoretical endeavors would be the basic subjects of the course agenda.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Beginning: The great responsibility of doing science
2nd Week Insights of scientists
3rd Week The philosophy of science and the social sciences
4th Week The philosophy of science and the social sciences
5th Week The philosophy of science and the social sciences
6th Week The philosophy of science and the social sciences
7th Week Scientific realism
8th Week Scientific realism
9th Week Positivism - Logical positivism
10th Week Positivism - Logical positivism
11th Week Mind and Consciousness theory
12th Week Social Realism
13th Week Theory building on the field of organization and management
14th Week The beginning of the end
15th Week General Review
Recommended or Required Readingalashov, Y. ve Rosenberg, A (Der.). 2002. Philosophy of science: Contemporary reading. London: Routledge.
Collins, R. 1998. The sociology of philosophies: A global theory of intellectual change. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Keat, R. ve Urry, J. 1975. Social theory as science. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Turner, S. P. ve Roth, P. A. 2003. Introduction. Ghost and the machine: Issues of agency, rationality, and scientific methodology in contemporary philosophy of social sciences.
S. P. Turner ve P. A. Roth (Der.), The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of social sciences: 1-17. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Miller, A. I. 2000. Insights of genious: Imagery and creativity in science and art: 1-36. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Folger, R. And Turillo, C. J. 1999. Theorizing as the Thickness of Thin Abstraction. Academy of Management Review, 24:605-622.
Kuhn, T. S. 1970. The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. s. 1-76.
Burrell, G. ve Morgan, G. 1979. Sociological paradigms and organizational analysis. New Hampshire: Heineman. s. 1-117.
Boyd, R. 1999. On the current status of scientific realism. R. Boyd, P. Gasper ve J. D. Trout(Der.), The philosophy of science: 196-222. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press.
Psillos, S. 2005. Scientific realism and metaphysics. Ratio, 18(4):385-404.
Schlick, M. 1999. Positivism and realism. R. Boyd, P. Gasper ve J. D. Trout(Der.). The philosophy of science: 37-55. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press.
DiSalle, R. 2002. Reconsidering Kant, Friedman, logical positivism, and the exact sciences. Philosophy of Science, 69:191-211.
Kitchener, R. F. 2004. Logical positivism, naturalistic epistemology, and the foundations of psychology. Behavior and philosophy, 32:37-54.
Searle, J. R. 2002. Why I am not a property dualist? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 9(12):57-64.
Searle, J.R. 2004. Mind: A brief introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.
Searle, J. R. 1995. The construction of social reality: 1-57. New York: Free Press.
Searle, J. R. 2006. Social ontology: Some basic principles. Anthropological Theory, 6(1):12 29.
Searle, J. R. 2010. Making of the social world. New York: Oxford University Press.
Hacking, I. 1999. The social construction of what? Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Boxenbaum, E. ve Rouleau, L. 2011. New knowledge products as bricolage: Metaphors and scripts in organizational theory. Academy of Management Review, 36(2):272-296.
Kilduff, M., Mehra, A. ve Dunn, M. B. 2011. From blue sky research to problem solving: A philosophy of science theory of new knowledge production. Academy of Management Review, 36(2):297-317.
Sargut, A. S. 2012. Sosyal bilim olarak örgüt ve yönetim araştırma alanları: Bilimsel meşruiyet sorunları nasıl aşılır? Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 12(2):1-16.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 1 50
Presentation of Article 1 50
Total(%) 100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 5 70
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework 4 50 200
Article 3 50 150
Total Work Load462
Total Work Load / 30 (h)15.4
ECTS Credit of the Course15
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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