1.1 A brief introduction to the philosophy of science

 

Questions & Answers

Remember, one of the best ways to better understand all of the ideas that you will come across here is to do the following:

  • network with your classmates and peers; form discussion groups around the topics that confound, confuse, interest or inspire you;
  • don’t be afraid to ask questions of each other; one of the best ways is to meet up (virtually or over coffee/tea/etc.) and discuss the parts of research methods that might cause you some confusion;
  • take notes regularly and in a structured manner;
  • build up a research methods matrix – you can create a spreadsheet to cross-reference authors, literature and ideas in an easily searchable manner;
  • OneNote is another great too for building up a massive database of notes for yourself and others.