POLS1009 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sudo, Scottish National Party, Political Journalism
POLS1009 – LECTURE 1
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- Short Paper: 1000 words.
oUsing the comparative method (either difference or similar)
oSame sex marriage in Canada and Australia
oWelfare expenditure in Sweden and USA
oThe causes of revolution in China (1911) and France (1789)
The Paradox of Induction
- (A) All ravens are black
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- (B) Everything that is not black isn’t a raven
- What evidence might we collect that confirms (B)?
- From the observation of 20 black ravens we cannot logically conclude all ravens are
black.
- Try not to go looking for your idea?
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Short paper: 1000 words: using the comparative method (either difference or similar, same sex marriage in canada and australia, welfare expenditure in sweden and usa, the causes of revolution in china (1911) and france (1789) The paradox of induction (a) all ravens are black (b) everything that is not black isn"t a raven. From the observation of 20 black ravens we cannot logically conclude all ravens are black. Pol sci try and go for a negative account. E. g. in this essay i will argue give explicit conditions in which you would be wrong. Make claims that need to be accountable to real life evidence. People with the star sign gemini will be fortunate today. It"s very hard if someone is committed to the notion it is very hard to prove them otherwise. It is the difference between political science and political journalism.
