Study Questions for Rosenberg

1. What kinds of questions are scientific? philosophical? What is the difference?
2. Why should (social) scientists care about philosophy?
3. According to Rosenberg, what are the main questions that concern the philosophy of social science?
4. What comparisons can/should be made between (the progress of) natural and social science?
5. Why has social science made less progress than natural science?
6. What is so great about laws?
7. What reasons are given for the lack of progress in social science, compared to natural science?
8. In what way has neither social science nor natural science progressed?
9. What is folk psychology? What is its aim?
10. Why can't the two extreme viewpoints on progress be reconciled?
11. Why should social science be like natural science?
12. Why shouldn't it?
13. Which theories of science (Popper, Feyerabend, etc.) are more naturalist? interpretivist?

Things to look for/keep in mind for future readings:

• where research traditions place themselves on the naturalism to interpretivism continuum

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