One More Turn after the Social Turn: Easing Science Studies into
... science. We want philosophy to do its job and discover the origin of the yardstick in order for us to overcome it. The yardstick of our debates was set up by Kant for polemical reasons and since then sociologists, as well as philosophers of science, have adopted it without misgiving. Kant rejected a ...
... science. We want philosophy to do its job and discover the origin of the yardstick in order for us to overcome it. The yardstick of our debates was set up by Kant for polemical reasons and since then sociologists, as well as philosophers of science, have adopted it without misgiving. Kant rejected a ...
The Historical Development of the Idea of
... nature. It wasn’t the product of a single man, but of dozens and dozens of natural philosophers who, for thousands of years and at great personal risk, cleared the path for the theory’s inevitable discovery. ...
... nature. It wasn’t the product of a single man, but of dozens and dozens of natural philosophers who, for thousands of years and at great personal risk, cleared the path for the theory’s inevitable discovery. ...
Critical theory and its future
... relations of domination and subordination within the character-structure of individuals among the exploited social classes.2 The theory of culture elaborated by the Frankfurt School in their individual and collective studies is a brilliant achievement.3 Indeed, in a manner of speaking, it was too su ...
... relations of domination and subordination within the character-structure of individuals among the exploited social classes.2 The theory of culture elaborated by the Frankfurt School in their individual and collective studies is a brilliant achievement.3 Indeed, in a manner of speaking, it was too su ...
Engineering a good society - European Journal of Science and
... Anthropologists like Vintila Mihăilescu [7] noticed that the modernization project of Gusti‟s School was positioned between the French civilization model and the German culture model: “Having a frail bourgeoisie, often mostly foreign, Romania has been and has remained the most compact rural and agra ...
... Anthropologists like Vintila Mihăilescu [7] noticed that the modernization project of Gusti‟s School was positioned between the French civilization model and the German culture model: “Having a frail bourgeoisie, often mostly foreign, Romania has been and has remained the most compact rural and agra ...
1 - Flinders University
... “Men* make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given, and transmitted from the past” (Marx cited in Feuer, 1969, p. 360). This paper provides a background against w ...
... “Men* make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given, and transmitted from the past” (Marx cited in Feuer, 1969, p. 360). This paper provides a background against w ...
interaction of theory and method in social science
... to gin! Indeed, the covering law model obscures the critical role of theory and model building in real science. Thus, the Bohr model of the atom generates the periodic table which “summarizes the properties of the elements—the variation in their physical properties, such as the number and type of bo ...
... to gin! Indeed, the covering law model obscures the critical role of theory and model building in real science. Thus, the Bohr model of the atom generates the periodic table which “summarizes the properties of the elements—the variation in their physical properties, such as the number and type of bo ...
Evolution
... Almost every specimen that Darwin had collected on the islands was new to European scientists. Populations from the mainland changed after reaching the Galápagos. ...
... Almost every specimen that Darwin had collected on the islands was new to European scientists. Populations from the mainland changed after reaching the Galápagos. ...
5. Change is Central to Sociology
... potentials. Manuel Castells, for instance, has drawn attention to how the use of social media and information technologies gives individuals the prior experience necessary to participate in new kinds of leaderless organisation. The experience of networked association is then translated into the prac ...
... potentials. Manuel Castells, for instance, has drawn attention to how the use of social media and information technologies gives individuals the prior experience necessary to participate in new kinds of leaderless organisation. The experience of networked association is then translated into the prac ...
Correcting some common misrepresentations of evolution in
... Because the treatment of scientific subjects is so uniform among textbooks, specific errors and misrepresentations are common to most publishing houses. These have been picked up by other media, and many of them are of longstanding. In the following suggestions I try to point out why certain convent ...
... Because the treatment of scientific subjects is so uniform among textbooks, specific errors and misrepresentations are common to most publishing houses. These have been picked up by other media, and many of them are of longstanding. In the following suggestions I try to point out why certain convent ...
Summary Powerpoint of all Evolution chapters
... • Many features created slowly by wind and water erosion, and rocks (sedimentary) are made very slowly. ...
... • Many features created slowly by wind and water erosion, and rocks (sedimentary) are made very slowly. ...
1 Evolution is an ongoing process
... TAKE-HOME MESSAGE 8-11: Fitness is a measure of the relative amount of reproduction of an individual with a particular phenotype, as compared with the reproductive output of individuals with alternative phenotypes. An individual’s fitness can vary, depending on the environment in which the individua ...
... TAKE-HOME MESSAGE 8-11: Fitness is a measure of the relative amount of reproduction of an individual with a particular phenotype, as compared with the reproductive output of individuals with alternative phenotypes. An individual’s fitness can vary, depending on the environment in which the individua ...
Evolution
... Darwin began to collect mockingbirds, finches, and other animals on the four islands. He noticed that the different islands seemed to have their own, slightly different varieties of animals. ...
... Darwin began to collect mockingbirds, finches, and other animals on the four islands. He noticed that the different islands seemed to have their own, slightly different varieties of animals. ...
The Philosophy of Science in Social Research Assist. Prof. Dr
... The relationship between philosophy of science and social research process is historical which depends on the logical and conceptual dimensions. Social research is concerned with exploring, describing, and explaining social phenomena involving human behavior (Sufian; 1998:3). It is carried out creat ...
... The relationship between philosophy of science and social research process is historical which depends on the logical and conceptual dimensions. Social research is concerned with exploring, describing, and explaining social phenomena involving human behavior (Sufian; 1998:3). It is carried out creat ...
2014 Annual Lord Patten Lecture on Social Renewal
... So, putting all this together, when society becomes our vocation we have a form of social science defined by the emotion and passion that characterises all devotional callings but committed to the practice of objectivity. We get a social science committed to the collection and interrogation of evide ...
... So, putting all this together, when society becomes our vocation we have a form of social science defined by the emotion and passion that characterises all devotional callings but committed to the practice of objectivity. We get a social science committed to the collection and interrogation of evide ...
Sociology for care practice - Pearson Schools and FE Colleges
... While each ‘part’ (organs, systems) of the body performs a unique and specialised function (the lungs oxygenate the blood), all the organs work together too, to ensure the body as a whole, ‘functions’ and survives. Society as a system is similar. The ‘organs’ or ‘parts’ of a society are its social i ...
... While each ‘part’ (organs, systems) of the body performs a unique and specialised function (the lungs oxygenate the blood), all the organs work together too, to ensure the body as a whole, ‘functions’ and survives. Society as a system is similar. The ‘organs’ or ‘parts’ of a society are its social i ...
Deterritorialization and Social Science
... • There is no reason to believe that Area Study is less theory-driven and contributed less to the development of new theories in social sciences and humanities. - Drake and Hilbink: “data collection and theory development are inextricably intertwined and interactive. - Fact is always impregnated wit ...
... • There is no reason to believe that Area Study is less theory-driven and contributed less to the development of new theories in social sciences and humanities. - Drake and Hilbink: “data collection and theory development are inextricably intertwined and interactive. - Fact is always impregnated wit ...
Conditions of change in social stratification.
... mobility increased, within as well as between generations. Partly for these reasons, Marx, who though by no means the first was by far the most influential early student of social stratification, oriented his studies towards their economic aspect and defined classes as strata in terms of their relat ...
... mobility increased, within as well as between generations. Partly for these reasons, Marx, who though by no means the first was by far the most influential early student of social stratification, oriented his studies towards their economic aspect and defined classes as strata in terms of their relat ...