This is a comprehensive overview of the history & philosophy of Western social sciences ranging from the Ancient Greeks to the 20th-century. This is the 1st in a sequence of supplementary lectures to my University of Toronto course 'HPS 300 - Philosophy of Social Science' offered this Summer 2022 semester term.
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, make a comment here on YouTube below or feel free to e-mail me: adriankyle.yee@mail.utoronto.ca
0:00 - 1:52 Introduction
1:53 - 3:54 Ancient Social Science
3:55 - 9:19 Medieval and Islamic Social Science
9:20 - 19:58 Rise of Sociology and Economics (17th & 18th Centuries)
19:59 - 29:02 Rise of Sociology (18th & 19th Centures)
29:03 - 33:08 Rise of Psychology (19th Century)
33:09 - 37:38 Freud and Jung
37:39 - 45:39 Karl Marx
45:40 - 56:18 19th Century Economic Thought (Marginalism)
56:19 - 1:02:43 Social Sciences, Eugenics, and Franz Boas' Revolt
1:02:44 - 1:10:50 20th-century Anthropology
1:10:51 - 1:17:25 Qualitative & Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
1:17:26 - 1:35:24 Interdisciplinarity in Social Sciences
1:35:25 - 1:51:16 Social Epistemology, Values, and Trust in Social Science
1:51:17 - 1:56:13 Social Constructionism and Collective Intentionality
1:57:14 - 2:01:00 Propensities and Social Ontology in Social Science
2:01:01 - 2:03:39 Reflexivity and George Soros
2:03:40 - 2:12:48 Reduction vs. Emergence in Social Science
2:12:49 - 2:14:01 Conclusion
