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The Human Sciences:
The Human Sciences:
a diverse range of disciplines, such as psychology, social and cultural anthropology, economics, political science, and geography. These disciplines share a common focus on the study of human existence and behaviour.
a diverse range of disciplines, such as psychology, social and cultural anthropology, economics, political science, and geography. These disciplines share a common focus on the study of human existence and behaviour.
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Methodology of The Human Sciences.
Methodology of The Human Sciences.
What's the Positivist vs Phenomonologist tension in Human Sciences ?
What's the Positivist vs Phenomonologist tension in Human Sciences ?
How Human Scientists construct knowledge has a significant effect on the type of knowledge constructed, which in turn effects both what is known and the cause & effect conclusions on what is known.
Knowledge Question: How do we decide whether a particular discipline should be regarded as a human science?
Knowledge Question: How do we decide whether a particular discipline should be regarded as a human science?
Task:
Task:
Your group will be allocated one discipline within the Human Sciences from:
Anthropology
Business Administration
Economics
Geography
Sociology
Political Sciences
Psychology
Research
Research
- how do researchers in your discipline undertake research ?
- is this more Positivist or more Phenomenologist ?
Describe this process in your ToK Note Book.
Present your findings to the other groups.
Analysis:
Analysis:
What are the similarities, and what are the differences, between the methodology of the each discipline ?
Return to the original KQ.
Return to the original KQ.
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