The course readings will following the schedule given below. Please note: readings listed in black are required readings (everyone), readings listed in red* will be assigned to individual students (for class presentations), readings listed in blue+ will be presented by the instructor.
+Duhem, Pierre. (1905/1914). The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory 2nd edition, 1914. English translation, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954; reprinted New York: Atheneum, 1962, 1977.
+Popper, Karl. (1934/1959). The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Vienna, 1934. English translation, New York: Basic Books, 1959.
Myers, David. (1994). "Did you know it all along?" (Chapter 2 in) Exploring Social Psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill. [6 pages]
Chalmers, Alan F. (1999). What is This Thing Called Science? St. Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 3rd edition. Chapters 1-6: Science as Knowledge; Observation; Experiment; Induction; Falsificationism; Sophisticated Falsificationism.
Required reading: 92 pages
*Kuhn, Thomas S. (1962/1970). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Chalmers, What is This Thing Called Science? Chapters 7, 8 & 9: Limitations of Falsificationism; Kuhn's Paradigms; Research Programs. [62 pages]
Cozby, Paul C. (1989). Methods in Behavioral Research, Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co., 4th edition. Chapters 1, 2 & 3: The Scientific Method; Where to Start; Studying Behavior. [46 pages]
Required reading: 108 pages
*Feyerabend, Paul. (1975). Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge. London: Verso Editions 7.
Cozby, Methods in Behavioral Research, Chapters 4 & 5: Experimental Design; Types of Experimental Designs. [32 pages]
Chalmers, What is This Thing Called Science? Chapters 10 & 11: Feyerabend's Anarchism; Methodical Changes in Method. [24 pages]
Huron, David. (1989). "Voice denumerability in polyphonic music of homogeneous timbres." Music Perception, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 361-382. [22 pages]
Required reading: 78 pages
*Plotkin, Henry. (1994). Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
+Eitan, Zohar. (1997). Highpoints: A Study of Melodic Peaks. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Recommend reading the first six chapters (102 pages) of Natoli -- see following week.
Required reading: 102 pages*
*Natoli, Joseph. (1997). A Primer to Postmodernity. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. [204 pages]
Anon. Science wars; Phony peace. The Economist, October 16, 1999, Vol. 353, No. 8141, pages 10-11. Text. [1 page]
Cozby, Methods in Behavioral Research, Chapters 6 & 7: Descriptive Methods; Complex Experimental Designs. [27 pages]
Required reading: 130 pages*
Huron, David. (1999). On the foundations of field-appropriate methodologies The Humanities and Sciences reconsidered. To appear in: Foundation Lectures in Music Cognition. Berkeley: University of California Press. Text [38 pages]
Cozby, Methods in Behavioral Research, Chapters 8 & 9: Conducting Research; Understanding Research Results. [47 pages]
Required reading: 85 pages
Huron, David. (1996). The melodic arch in Western folksongs. Computing in Musicology, Vol. 10, pp. 3-23. Text [20 pages]
+von Hippel, Paul & Huron, D. (2000). "Why do skips precede reversals?" Music Perception, in press.
Cozby, Methods in Behavioral Research, Chapters 10, 11 & 12: Correlation Coefficients; Generalizing Results; Ethical Concerns. [45 pages]
Required reading: 65 pages
Huron, D. & Royal, M. (1996). "What is melodic accent? Converging evidence from musical practice." Music Perception, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 489-516. [18 pages]
Cozby, Methods in Behavioral Research, Appendix A: Writing Research Reports. [44 pages]
Required reading: 62 pages
Parker, Ian. (1994). "Qualitative Research." In: Banister, Bruman, Parker, Taylor & Tindall, Qualitative Methods in Psychology: A Research Guide. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press, pp. 1-16. [16 pages]
Tindall, Carol. (1994). "Issues of Evaluation." In: Banister, Bruman, Parker, Taylor & Tindall, Qualitative Methods in Psychology: A Research Guide. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press, pp. 142-159. [18 pages]
Cozby, Methods in Behavioral Research, Appendix B: Statistical Tests. [26 pages]
Required reading: 60 pages
Total required reading: 782 pages (roughly 78 pages per week).