Transcript Human sciences

Human sciences
How do we investigate society?
How do we investigate individuals?
What are the Human sciences?
Social-sciences
Humanities
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Psychology
Social psychology
Educational-sciences
Sociology
Anthropology
Ethnology
Ethnography
Economics
Political science
History
Literature
Linguistics
Languages
Philosophy
How do we investigate society?
How do we investigate individuals?
Models of explanations:
• Human nature
• Instincts
• Free will?
• Structures?
• Intentional behavior? Do individuals make rational
choices?
Approaches:
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Understanding /verstehen
Descriptions/Explanations
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Models of explanations:
– Why do people play football?
– Why do people go to football matches?
Human nature?
• Inherent human qualities :
– Instincts (Instinctive behavior)
– Competition, Egoism
– Co–operation, Altruism
– Laziness, Industrious
– Frugality, Extravagance
Structures?
• Are individuals determined by social
structures:
– Race, class, gender, age, and ethnicity?
– Institutions? (Football organizations, KR, Valur
etc. organize games).
– Socialization (your are brought up with it, lowclass phenomenon, only for men, only for
certain age-groups?)
Intentional behavior?
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Is it necessary to understand the
meaning of peoples behavior for
interpretations of it?
Individuals are not bound or determined
by something outside themselves.
The game is a pleasure in it's own right,
a sign of collaboration, competition, an
expression of perfection etc. that you
simply enjoy.
Free will?
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Do individuals have free will or freedom
of choice?
Do individuals make rational choices?
Do people calculate the outcome of their
behavior, cost-benefit analysis?
Assignment
• Take a look on some social phenomenon,
behavior, human action etc. and explain it
according to some of the aspects in the models
of explanation we have been discussing.
• Explain in details how you would apply 'scientific
methods' in this inquiry.
• Examples: interviews, surveys, observations,
quantitative measures, statistics.