CSS 273
Spring 2007
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01
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This is a course in the philosophy of social science, tailored to fit into the overall curriculum of the College of Social Studies as its Junior Colloquium. The focus of discussion and occasional informal lectures will be how to characterize human social life as an object of reflection and inquiry, with special attention to the significance of cultural and other forms of diversity, and the nature and role of rationality, normativity, historicity, and power dynamics in both constituting and understanding social life. We shall also consider the importance of material culture and natural-environmental interaction as aspects or components of the "social world," and reflect upon the aspiration to a social science and/or to objectivity as itself a social phenomenon as well as a governing norm of social inquiry. The written assignments will emphasize writing more directly about the social phenomena at issue in the course, rather than about particular philosophers' theories about those phenomena. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PHIL |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: (CSS414 AND CSS416 AND CSS418) |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CSCT)(CSS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Fay, CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE: A MULTI-CULTURAL APPROACH
Crosby, ECOLOGICAL IMPERIALISM plus extensive on-line reserve reading
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Examinations and Assignments:
3-4 papers on topics drawn from course reading and discussions |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Prerequisites: (CSS414 AND CSS416 AND CSS418)
This course is the Junior Colloquium in the CSS. CSS juniors should obtain permission of instructor forms from the CSS office. Others desiring admission ought to have a good grounding in at least one of the social sciences and should contact the instructor directly. |
| Instructor(s): Fay,Brian C. Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: PAC136; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 30 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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