Universität Wien

390038 DK PhD-M: Philosophy of Science (2014W)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 39 - Doktoratsstudium Wirtschaftswissenschaften
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The course presents basic principles of scientific work and proceeds in three steps. In the first, epistemological, part, we discuss the critical-rationalist perspective relying on the falsification principle of conjectures and refutations. We then explore pitfalls of the falsificationist approach with respect to the inferences made from observations and introduce scientific paradigms and research programs. The first step is completed by a discussion of challenges to the critical rationalist perspective expressed by the interpretive paradigm. In the second, methodological, part, we elaborate on the conceptualization of phenomena, discuss the concept of causality and the principle of explanation with special focus on the macro-micro-macro model of social explanation. We round up this part with a discussion of the problem of aggregation in the social sciences. The third, practical, part, focuses on the measurement of concepts and on quality criteria of research. The course is concluded by presentations of research designs of participants based on the principles discussed in the course.
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max. 15 participants
Language: English

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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 01.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 08.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 15.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 22.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 29.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 05.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 12.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 19.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 26.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 03.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 10.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 17.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 07.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 14.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Wednesday 21.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone
  • Wednesday 28.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Studierzone

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