TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) develop their ability to draw a mental map of the social science philosophy from a critical perspective, 2) develop their individual skills of evaluating and researching in the area of social science philosophy in a manner to contribute to the field and critically evaluate the existing studies. 3) develop their ability to write an article, which can be evaluated within the parameters of social science philosophy.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	Paradigm shifts are analysed within the framework of the historical development of sciences. The influence of positivism and scientific truth on social sciences, and their contribution to the field is reviewed. How the basic scientific approaches have developed and how postmodernist, social constructivist critics have shaped the functional structure of social sciences, is explained. The course also discusses how, in this process, social ontology could set on a legitimate foundation.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: The challenging act of doing science 2nd Week Comprehension Ability of Scientists 3rd Week Science Philosophy and Social Sciences 4th Week Science Philosophy and Social Sciences 5th Week Science Philosophy and Social Sciences 6th Week Science Philosophy and Social Sciences 7th Week Scientific Truth 8th Week Scientific Truth 9th Week Positivism - Phenomenology 10th Week Positivism - Phenomenology 11th Week Theory of Reason and Consciousness 12th Week Social Reality 13th Week Theory Building in the area of organisation and administration 14th Week Beginning of the End
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Azevedo, J. 2002. Updating organizational epistemology. J. A. C. Baum (Der.). The Blackwell Companion to Organizations: 715-732. Oxford: Blackwell. Balashov, Y. ve Rosenberg, A (Der.). 2002. Philosophy of science: Contemporary reading. London: Routledge. Bird, A. 2003. Kuhn, nominalism, and empiricism. Philosophy of Science, 70:690-719. Boyd, R. 1999. On the current status of scientific realism. R. Boyd, P. Gasper ve J. D. Trout(Der.), The philosophy of science: 196-222. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. Boxenbaum, E. ve Rouleau, L. 2011. New knowledge products as bricolage: Metaphors and scripts in organizational theory. Academy of Management Review, 36(2):272-296. Bunge, M. 1993. Realism and antirealism in social sciences. Theory and Decision, 35:207-235. Burrell, G. ve Morgan, G. 1979. Sociological paradigms and organizational analysis. New Hampshire: Heineman. s. 1-117. Cruse, P. 2007. Van Fraassen on the nature of empricism. Metaphilosophy, 38(4):489-508. Chakravartty, A. 2004. Structuralism as a form of scientific realism. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 18(2):151-171. Collins, R. 1998. The sociology of philosophies: A global theory of intellectual change. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. DiSalle, R. 2002. Reconsidering Kant, Friedman, logical positivism, and the exact sciences. Philosophy of Science, 69:191-211. Fay, B. 2003. Phenomenology and social inquiry: From consciousness to culture and critique. S. P. Turner ve P. A. Roth (Der.). The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of social sciences: 42-63. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Folger, R. And Turillo, C. J. 1999. Theorizing as the Thickness of Thin Abstraction. Academy of Management Review, 24:605-622. Hacking, I. 1999. The social construction of what? Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Hall, J. R. 1990. Epistemology and sociohistorical inquiry. Annual Review of Sociology, 16:329-351. Hopp, W. 2008. Husserl, phenomenology and foundationalism. Inquiry, 51(2):194-216. Keat, R. ve Urry, J. 1975. Social theory as science. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Keat, R. ve Urry, J. 1975. Structure and structuralism. Social theory as science: 119-140. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Kilduff, M., Mehra, A. ve Dunn, M. B. 2011. From blue sky research to problem solving: A philosophy of science theory of new knowledge production. Academy of Management Review, 36(2):297-317. Kitchener, R. F. 2004. Logical positivism, naturalistic epistemology, and the foundations of psychology. Behavior and philosophy, 32:37-54. Kuhn, T. S. 1970. The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. s. 1-76. Lieberson, S. ve Lynn, F. B. 2002. Barking up the wrong branch: Scientific alternatives to the current model of sociological science. Annual Review of Sociology, 28:1-19. Mahner, M. ve Bunge, M. 2001. Function and functionalism: A synthetic perspective. Philosophy of Science, 68:75-94. Martin, J. L. 2003. What is field theory? American Journal of Sociology, 109:1-49. Miller, A. I. 2000. Insights of genious: Imagery and creativity in science and art: 1-36. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. Moldoveanu, M. C. ve Baum, J. A. 2002. Contemporary debates in organizational epistemology. J. A. C. Baum (Der.). The Blackwell Companion to Organizations: 733-751. Oxford: Blackwell. Psillos, S. 2005. Scientific realism and metaphysics. Ratio, 18(4):385-404.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 14 50 Project 1 50 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam Homework 14 10 140 Project 1 120 120 Total Workload 302 Total Workload / 30 10,06 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No