Methods in Scientific Research

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This course deals with:

1. Philosophy of Science:
   • General questions about science and scientific knowledge
   • Introduction to philosophy of science and the scientific method
   • Deductive and inductive logic
   • The problem of induction
   • Alternative views of the scientific methods
     • Popper’s falsificationism
     • Kuhn’s scientific revolutions
     • Polanyi’s republic of science
     • Lakatos' research programs
   • Introduction to philosophy of statistics
2. Research methods:
   • Theoretical and conceptual aspects: basic concepts and the construction of knowledge
   • Scientific research. Types of research.
   • The construction of a research.
   • Template structure of a research project
3. Tools for scientific research:
   • Project templates
   • Management of bibliographic references
   • Reproducible search
   • Tools for reproducible research (renv, knitr, rmarkdown)