HPPSC81 - Political Sciences and Research Assignment - Unisa

Assignment Task

Questions

1. Explain the following concepts/aspects in the philosophy of science. Augment your discussion with appropriate examples, where applicable.

(a) The concept of identifying a regress.

(b) The relationship between the philosophy of science and research methodology.

(c) The distinction between begging the question and the false dilemma.

(d) The concept of retroductive reasoning/logic.

(e) The difference between inductive and deductive arguments.

2. Write an essay in which you compare the Logical positivist empiricist (LP/E) and Marxist nonrealism (critical theory) conceptions of science on the following:

• The distinction between the context of discovery and the context of justification
• The unity of the scientific method
• The difference between observational and theoretical terms
• The nature of scientific knowledge
• Scientific progress Use relevant examples to support your discussion, where applicable.

3. Write an essay in which you compare the MSSD and MDSD methods in terms of logic and methods of discovery and disproof. In addition discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the MSSD and the MDSD.

4. Write an essay in which you compare Marxist Realism and Epistemological Anarchism, also known as Feyerabend’s Scientific Anarchism conception of science, by giving attention to their ontological, epistemological and axiological assumptions; salient methodological features and research methods/techniques.

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