社会科学哲学

Anthropology, economics, geography, political science, sociology –
you already know what the social sciences are. But how do they work?
What makes them special?There are clear senses in which they differ from some of the natural
sciences, such as their extremely diverse set of methods and analytic
techniques, but does this make the social sciences any less scientific
or objective?With LSE widely recognised as the world’s leading specialist social
science university, the MSc Philosophy of the Social Sciences is the
ideal degree with which to pursue questions about human societies, and
to apply philosophical reasoning to understanding the nature of the
social sciences themselves.This programme offers a critical examination of the conceptual and
methodological issues underlying social scientific research. The
Department's strength in philosophy of economics and rational choice
theory makes it the ideal environment in which to study, examine and
critique the use of these methods within the social sciences.