- Scientificity
- Schools in scientific thinking
- Epistemology
- Different forms of knowledge in science and practice
- Ontology
- Scientific paradigms
- Language and concept formation
- Observations and measurements
- Hypothesis testing
- Deduction, induction, falsification
- Causality and correlation
- Generalizability
- The concept of theory
- Explanatory models: structure and actor
- Explanatory models: idealism and materialism
- Research ethics
FME3552 Perspectives on Science in Industrial Economics and Management 7.5 credits
The course provides general understanding of scientific theory for doctoral studies in industrial economics and management and discusses central concepts and perspectives of the theory of science in relation to ongoing research in the field, as well as to the participating doctoral students' research projects. During the course, basic scientific concepts are covered, such as observation, induction, deduction, interpretation, paradigm, epistemology, ontology, and different philosophical perspectives on science and knowledge. This also includes a historical
orientation on different epistemological schools, such as rationalism, empiricism, positivism, hermeneutics, falsificationism, constructivism and the later Wittgenstein's knowledge philosophy. During the course, examples of various scientific approaches in industrial economics and organization are given. In addition, scientific views, explanatory models, and scientific methodology are discussed in relation to the participating doctoral students' own research projects.
About course offering
For course offering
Spring 2024 Start 16 Jan 2024 programme students
Target group
Doktorander
Part of programme
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P3 (7.5 hp)Duration
Pace of study
50%
Form of study
Normal Daytime
Language of instruction
Swedish
Course location
KTH Campus
Number of places
Places are not limited
Planned modular schedule
Course memo
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For course offering
Spring 2024 Start 16 Jan 2024 programme students
Application code
60807
Contact
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Spring 2024 Start 16 Jan 2024 programme students
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Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the doctoral student should be able to:
- present the basic issues and methods within philosophy of science.
- give an account of central schools in the scientific thinking.
- explain different central perspectives on knowledge.
- discuss and analyze the relevance of scientific theoretical problems for research in Industrial Economics and Management.
- give an account of central philosophical problems and methodological issues in Industrial Economics and Management.
- independently and critically discuss epistemological and ontological issues, and evaluate proposed solutions, in relation to own and others' research endeavors.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
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Equipment
Literature
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- INL1 - Assignment, 4.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- SEM1 - Seminars, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.