towards objective international social inquiry: social science as
... section therefore considers how social factors constrain the production of objective knowledge about international relations. It is vital to be aware of and sensitive to potential biases and prejudices affecting the production of knowledge which arise from the researcher’s position in society and lo ...
... section therefore considers how social factors constrain the production of objective knowledge about international relations. It is vital to be aware of and sensitive to potential biases and prejudices affecting the production of knowledge which arise from the researcher’s position in society and lo ...
Mutual Aid Theory and Human Development
... idea of an absolute difference between cooperation and egoistically driven cooperative activities is rarely touched. One reason for this may be the domination of the egoistic model in the West. The egoistic model of development in many ways reflects a vision of human development originally set forth ...
... idea of an absolute difference between cooperation and egoistically driven cooperative activities is rarely touched. One reason for this may be the domination of the egoistic model in the West. The egoistic model of development in many ways reflects a vision of human development originally set forth ...
Marriages and Families, 8e
... over Relationship Choices: “Family Decline” or “Family Change”? Family is understood to be a social institution. Social institutions are patterned and largely predictable ways of thinking and behaving that are organized around vital aspects of group life and serve essential social functions. ...
... over Relationship Choices: “Family Decline” or “Family Change”? Family is understood to be a social institution. Social institutions are patterned and largely predictable ways of thinking and behaving that are organized around vital aspects of group life and serve essential social functions. ...
The debate about utopias from a sociological perspective
... The Manuels do not consider that the separation of aspects of human societies into the subject-matter of disciplines may relate more to their institutionalisation in universities than to the actual structure of societies (see Shils 1970). A general sociological theory can be constructed, however, wh ...
... The Manuels do not consider that the separation of aspects of human societies into the subject-matter of disciplines may relate more to their institutionalisation in universities than to the actual structure of societies (see Shils 1970). A general sociological theory can be constructed, however, wh ...
The biosocial: sociological themes and issues
... biological processes (as the sum of life phenomena) and the complex and rich history of their conceptualizations (biology as knowledge production). This move, we argue, has worked well and productively for almost all the twentieth century. However, one of the key contentions of this biosocial collec ...
... biological processes (as the sum of life phenomena) and the complex and rich history of their conceptualizations (biology as knowledge production). This move, we argue, has worked well and productively for almost all the twentieth century. However, one of the key contentions of this biosocial collec ...
What`s New in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
... that we are justified in reinterpreting the different motivations that drive our political choices in this framework. The author discusses several methodological faults in a number of standard micro- and macro-explanations of political behavior. The paper closes with a plea for the introduction of d ...
... that we are justified in reinterpreting the different motivations that drive our political choices in this framework. The author discusses several methodological faults in a number of standard micro- and macro-explanations of political behavior. The paper closes with a plea for the introduction of d ...
Exploration – Charles Darwin, adventures in space, discovery
... bright young scientist on his trip to exotic places greatly influenced his masterpiece, the book On the Origin of Species. Darwin didn’t actually formulate his theory of evolution while sailing around the world aboard the Royal Navy ship, but the exotic plants and animals he encountered challenged h ...
... bright young scientist on his trip to exotic places greatly influenced his masterpiece, the book On the Origin of Species. Darwin didn’t actually formulate his theory of evolution while sailing around the world aboard the Royal Navy ship, but the exotic plants and animals he encountered challenged h ...
Evidence for evolution - Plattsburgh State Faculty and
... Evolution of beak shape in Darwin’s Finches. Variation ...
... Evolution of beak shape in Darwin’s Finches. Variation ...
Chapter 7
... • Adaptation to Hunting People hunt elephants for their tusks. As a result, fewer of the elephants that have tusks survive to reproduce, and more of the tuskless elephants survive. • Insecticide Resistance A few insects in a population may be naturally resistant to a chemical insecticide. These inse ...
... • Adaptation to Hunting People hunt elephants for their tusks. As a result, fewer of the elephants that have tusks survive to reproduce, and more of the tuskless elephants survive. • Insecticide Resistance A few insects in a population may be naturally resistant to a chemical insecticide. These inse ...
What the scientists say about evolution
... fossils which have never been discovered, and prophesy the success of breeding experiments which have never succeeded. Of this kind of science it might truly be said that it was `knowledge falsely so called.' "—*David C.C. Watson, The Great Brain Robbery (1976). "The hold of the evolutionary paradig ...
... fossils which have never been discovered, and prophesy the success of breeding experiments which have never succeeded. Of this kind of science it might truly be said that it was `knowledge falsely so called.' "—*David C.C. Watson, The Great Brain Robbery (1976). "The hold of the evolutionary paradig ...
darwinall
... Geoffroy St. Hilaire has insisted strongly on the high importance of relative connexion in homologous organs: the parts may change to almost any extent in form and size, and ...
... Geoffroy St. Hilaire has insisted strongly on the high importance of relative connexion in homologous organs: the parts may change to almost any extent in form and size, and ...
ppt - Furman University
... "Not only the ass and the horse, but also man, the apes, the quadrupeds, and all the animals might be regarded as constituting but a single family... If it were admitted that the ass is of the family of the horse, and different from the horse only because it has varied from the original form, one c ...
... "Not only the ass and the horse, but also man, the apes, the quadrupeds, and all the animals might be regarded as constituting but a single family... If it were admitted that the ass is of the family of the horse, and different from the horse only because it has varied from the original form, one c ...
Social Theory, Social Research, and a Theory of Action James S
... strongest intellectual links to social theory: common or constitutional law. One might even argue that law, as a set of rules having a high degree of internal consistency, as well as principles behind those rules, has as strong a claim to constitute social theory as does any alternative body of prin ...
... strongest intellectual links to social theory: common or constitutional law. One might even argue that law, as a set of rules having a high degree of internal consistency, as well as principles behind those rules, has as strong a claim to constitute social theory as does any alternative body of prin ...
Centre and Periphery: Comparative Studies in Archaeology
... historical dimension, and be applied not just to the analysis of contemporary patterns but also to the historical processes through which they had arisen. The widespread discussion of the idea therefore provided an alternative framework for understanding the processes through which the stark contras ...
... historical dimension, and be applied not just to the analysis of contemporary patterns but also to the historical processes through which they had arisen. The widespread discussion of the idea therefore provided an alternative framework for understanding the processes through which the stark contras ...
19_2 - Mater Academy of International Studies
... Sometimes, the life histories of two or more species are so closely connected that they evolve together. The process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other over time is called coevolution. ...
... Sometimes, the life histories of two or more species are so closely connected that they evolve together. The process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other over time is called coevolution. ...
Patterns and Process
... Sometimes, the life histories of two or more species are so closely connected that they evolve together. The process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other over time is called coevolution. ...
... Sometimes, the life histories of two or more species are so closely connected that they evolve together. The process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other over time is called coevolution. ...