Past as Lecturer

Social Studies 40

Research methods with an investigation of the philosophical foundations of the social sciences.  Topics covered include causal explanation, the interpretation of action, rational choice and irrationality, relativism, normativity, ethnographic and historical analysis, methodological individualism and holism, functionalism, and law-like generalizations.  With guest lectures by faculty throughout the social sciences.
 

• Spring 2014 (co-taught with Cameron Macdonald)
   

2014 Syllabus, here.
 

Causation - 2014 sample lecture, here.[Audio file: "right click" or "control+click" to download.]
Causation - 2014 accompanying slides, here.
---Prediction - 2014 sample lecture, here.[Audio file: "right click" or "control+click" to download.]
Prediction - 2014 accompanying slides, here.---Interpretation - 2014 sample lecture, here.[Audio file: "right click" or "control+click" to download.]
Interpretation - 2014 accompanying slides, here.