Ways of Knowing

1.50 credits · Graduate

This course will examine the nature of scientific research. Students will gain an understanding of the philosophy behind positivist and interpretivist approaches to social science, as well as criticisms of these and other approaches. The course will address induction, confirmation, the importance of falsification, the role of theory n research, paradigm assessment, paradigm shifts, conceptualization, limitations of the scientific method, and Indigenous ways of knowing.