Epistemology of Social Sciences Course
Deepen your understanding of how knowledge is built in the social sciences. Learn to judge evidence, spot bias and misinformation, navigate ethics and power, and design rigorous research frameworks tailored to real-world issues in the humanities. This course equips you with tools to evaluate claims, understand biases, and create transparent research on complex social topics.
from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides practical tools to evaluate knowledge claims, understand bias, and handle conflicting evidence in social sciences. You will explore key theories of method and justification, analyze power and ethics in research, and compare qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Ultimately, you will design a clear epistemological framework for rigorous, transparent, and credible research on complex social issues.
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Develop skills
- Evaluate evidence by judging validity, causality, bias, and uncertainty in studies.
- Detect misinformation by spotting fallacies, framing tricks, and weak public claims quickly.
- Design robust studies by mixing methods, planning validity checks, and reducing research bias.
- Communicate complexity by explaining uncertainty and probabilistic results to lay audiences.
- Build epistemic frameworks by setting standards, protocols, and ethics for social research.
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