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Each participant is required to submit a short paper that reflects on her or his research project and questions of philosophy of science. For example, under what assumptions is knowledge created in the project? What (if anything) is measured and how? How do you perceive your philosophical position (e.g., positivist, constructivist, structuralist, etc.)?

The paper should be approx. 4-5 pages and may reference course material, but it is not a strict requirement. The paper should also briefly describe one’s research project and state the main analytical challenge and research problem, which we will then discuss in light of the philosophy of science. Papers must be in English. The submission deadline is 31 May 2021 (one week before the beginning of the course).

The course requires a heavy reading load that is necessary to meet the learning objectives. Reading the materials beforehand and participating actively in class dialogues are essential for getting a firm grasp of the course content.

Optional reference books:
Hollis, M. (1994). The philosophy of social science: An introduction. Cambridge University Press.

Monday
- Newman, L. (2019) Descartes’ Epistemology. . In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (1-108).
- Thornton, S. (2019). Karl Popper. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–40).
- Bird, A. (2018). Thomas Kuhn. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–44). Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/confirmation/

Tuesday
- Dauenhauer, B., & Pellauer, D. (2011). Paul Ricoeur. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–43).
- Ramberg, B., & Gjesdal, K. (2009). Hermeneutics. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–39). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2009/entries/hermeneutics/
- Thompson, E., & Zahavi, D. (2007). Philosophical Issues: Phenomenology. In M. Moscovitch, P. Zelazo, &E. Thompson (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness (pp. 67–87). Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press.
- Glendinning, S. (2008). What is Phenomenology? Philosophy Compass, 3(1), 30–50. Retrieved from 00-philosophy compas blackwell€8-01-vol 3j.1747-9991.2007.00113.x.pdf
- Reinalter, H. (2012). Makkreel, Rudolf. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–39). https://doi.org/10.7767/boehlau.9783205790099.1187
- Malpas, J. (2009). Hans-Georg Gadamer. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–26). Beyer, C. (2013). Edmund Huserl. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9973.00225
- Phillips, J. W. (2002). Structuralism and Semiotics. In National University of Singapore (pp. 1–11). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203412688_chapter_1
- Mallon, R. (2009). Naturalistic Approaches to Social Construction. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–37). Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/

Wednesday
- Aylesworth, G. (2015). Postmodernism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1–40.
- Bohman, J. (2012). Critical Theory. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.187763
- Ramberg, B. (2009). Richard Rorty. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–28). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511613951

Thursday
- Matthias, S. (2011). Scientific Explanation. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–78). Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
- Reiss, J., & Sprenger, J. (2014). Scientific Objectivity. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1–74. Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/confirmation/
- Schickore, J. (2014). Scientific Discovery. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139165358.008
- Føkkesdal, D. (1979). Hermeneutics and the hypothetico‐deductive method. Dialectica, 33(3–4), 319– 336. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-8361.1979.tb00759.x
- Bogen, J. (2010). Theory and Observation in Science. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–34). Costelloe, T. (2014). Giambattista Vico. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–23).
- Heath, J. (2011). Methodological Individualism. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–27). Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
- Woodward, J. (2013). Causation and Manipulability. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–46).
- Kelly, T. (2009). Evidence. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–58).

Friday
 Chignell, A. (2010). The Ethics of Belief. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1–44.
- Macfarlane, B., & Cheng, M. (2008). Communism, Universalism and Disinterestedness: Re-examining Contemporary Support among Academics for Merton’s Scientific Norms. Journal of Academic Ethics, 6(1), 67–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-008-9055-y
- Longino, H. (2011). The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge. In Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (pp. 1–27). Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
- Turner, S. (2007). Merton’s “norms” in political and intellectual context. Journal of Classical Sociology, 7(2), 161–178. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468795X07078034
- Langley, A. (1999). Strategies for theorizing from process data. Academy of Management Review. 24(4) P 691-710
- Flyvbjerg, B. (2004). Five misunderstandings about case-study research. In C. Seale, G. Gobo, J. F. Gubrium, & D. Silberman (Eds.), Qualitative Research Practice (pp. 420–434). London and Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Retrieved from http://flyvbjerg.plan.aau.dk/MSFiveMis9.0SageASPUBL.pdf
- Stegenga, J., & Cartwright, N. (2011). A Theory of Evidence for Evidence-Based Policy Nancy Cartwright. Proceedings of the British Academy, 171, 289–319.
- Cartwright, N., Goldfinch, A., & Howick, J. (2007). Evidence-based policy: Where is our theory of evidence? Technical Report 07/07. Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science Contingency and Dissent in Science, London School of Economics and Political Science.
- Cartwright, N., & Efstathiou, S. (2008). Evidence-based policy and its ranking schemes: So, where’s ethnography? In Conference of the Association of Social Antropologists (pp. 1–9). London. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-015-0819-z

This course will take place on campus

Dalgas Have,second floor west wing 
Rooms DHV 2.69, 2.70 & 2.71
2000 Frederiksberg

Nina Iversen
ni.research@cbs.dk
+45 3815 2475