theoretical pluralism and sociological theory
... than to the other social sciences, and certainly not to such natural sciences as neurobiology or cognitive science. However, this can only be a regressive move. The postmodernists notwithstanding, science has achieved enormous understanding of the natural world, and neurobiology and cognitive scienc ...
... than to the other social sciences, and certainly not to such natural sciences as neurobiology or cognitive science. However, this can only be a regressive move. The postmodernists notwithstanding, science has achieved enormous understanding of the natural world, and neurobiology and cognitive scienc ...
(in Multilingua 16 (1997): 145-51)
... play some role in the phenomenon studied. Everybody has to do that. Nor is there any serious argument to show that less abstraction is always better. Good abstractions contribute to relevance, and that is what makes them good abstractions. They do this by focusing attention on data about which inter ...
... play some role in the phenomenon studied. Everybody has to do that. Nor is there any serious argument to show that less abstraction is always better. Good abstractions contribute to relevance, and that is what makes them good abstractions. They do this by focusing attention on data about which inter ...
Doing fieldwork in Eastern Europe: introduction
... whose generous support and insightful comments this journal issue would not have been possible. ...
... whose generous support and insightful comments this journal issue would not have been possible. ...
Doing fieldwork in Eastern Europe: introduction
... whose generous support and insightful comments this journal issue would not have been possible. ...
... whose generous support and insightful comments this journal issue would not have been possible. ...
Chapter 4 Sociology
... disciplines in order to do it, and a discipline is a kind of exclusive conversation. Over time, participants come to share reference points and assumptions. The conversation gets more involved. Instead of looking outside, disciplines will reproduce for themselves (in miniature and unsatisfactorily) ...
... disciplines in order to do it, and a discipline is a kind of exclusive conversation. Over time, participants come to share reference points and assumptions. The conversation gets more involved. Instead of looking outside, disciplines will reproduce for themselves (in miniature and unsatisfactorily) ...
New Economics: Nature`s Laws
... measurements taken of the cells, and an estimate of the load carried by the wasps, the number of collecting trips made by the wasps was correlated with the quantity of resin contained within the nest partitions and closures Fricke [14]. The constraints and opportunities to understanding the complex ...
... measurements taken of the cells, and an estimate of the load carried by the wasps, the number of collecting trips made by the wasps was correlated with the quantity of resin contained within the nest partitions and closures Fricke [14]. The constraints and opportunities to understanding the complex ...
Social Science and Its Methods - Distant Production House University
... No field of study is more important to human beings than the social sciences. To understand society is to learn not only the conditions that limit our lives but also the opportunities open to us for improving the human condition. Increasing our knowledge of human society is as important as learning ...
... No field of study is more important to human beings than the social sciences. To understand society is to learn not only the conditions that limit our lives but also the opportunities open to us for improving the human condition. Increasing our knowledge of human society is as important as learning ...
Social contract CLOZE worksheet
... fixed. Rather, the contract itself is the means towards an end — the benefit of 14 — and (according to some philosophers such as Locke or Rousseau), is only legitimate to the extent that it meets the general interest. Therefore, when failings are found in the contract, we renegotiate to 15 the terms ...
... fixed. Rather, the contract itself is the means towards an end — the benefit of 14 — and (according to some philosophers such as Locke or Rousseau), is only legitimate to the extent that it meets the general interest. Therefore, when failings are found in the contract, we renegotiate to 15 the terms ...
Why Are There So Many Communication Theories?
... very notion of theory is radically contested. Why are there now so many communication theories? This development is best understood in the context of trends that have transformed not only our own discipline but the human sciences generally. ...
... very notion of theory is radically contested. Why are there now so many communication theories? This development is best understood in the context of trends that have transformed not only our own discipline but the human sciences generally. ...
Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) Appointments
... Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) is available to you! The WIPA Program is a FREE service that helps Social Security beneficiaries who are receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and or Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) to make informed choices. This program is for indi ...
... Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) is available to you! The WIPA Program is a FREE service that helps Social Security beneficiaries who are receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and or Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI) to make informed choices. This program is for indi ...
chapter i - Digital Library UNS
... of descriptive qualitative one. The aim of library research is to gather data and information from library such as books, magazines, texts, articles, notes, history records, documents, and so on. While descriptive research is used in this study as the implementation of the research which is done in ...
... of descriptive qualitative one. The aim of library research is to gather data and information from library such as books, magazines, texts, articles, notes, history records, documents, and so on. While descriptive research is used in this study as the implementation of the research which is done in ...
Two Responses to the Failings of Modern Economics: the
... successful) predictions of actualities, the actual course of events or states of affairs. I include under this head the goal of accommodating such actualities after, as well as before, they have occurred. ...
... successful) predictions of actualities, the actual course of events or states of affairs. I include under this head the goal of accommodating such actualities after, as well as before, they have occurred. ...
The Role of Social Context in the Production of Scientific Knowledge
... modern science; they portray scientific method as striving toward absolute, objective, and universal truth, and therefore away from cultural and social context. The way to establish such knowledge is by appealing only to information received through direct experience and deductive reasoning. (Longin ...
... modern science; they portray scientific method as striving toward absolute, objective, and universal truth, and therefore away from cultural and social context. The way to establish such knowledge is by appealing only to information received through direct experience and deductive reasoning. (Longin ...
Social Studies of Science Erasers and Erasures: Pinch's Unfortunate 'Uncertainty Principle'
... deeply about such matters, tripped over his own shoelaces in his attempts to do so. My reasons for unhappiness with Pinch’s ‘uncertainty principle’ go much deeper, however. Along with a failure to attend to the crucial philosophical issues of such principles, what is deeply troubling about Pinch’s p ...
... deeply about such matters, tripped over his own shoelaces in his attempts to do so. My reasons for unhappiness with Pinch’s ‘uncertainty principle’ go much deeper, however. Along with a failure to attend to the crucial philosophical issues of such principles, what is deeply troubling about Pinch’s p ...
NEWS - Lingua Viva
... Companies like Unisys, Sprint and HP are creating social media training programs to avoid these types of social media crises, but also, just as importantly, to show employees how using social media can be a valuable business tool which can increase their performance and productivity. As Sara Folker ...
... Companies like Unisys, Sprint and HP are creating social media training programs to avoid these types of social media crises, but also, just as importantly, to show employees how using social media can be a valuable business tool which can increase their performance and productivity. As Sara Folker ...
Rethinking the Human and the Social:
... social conventions but acting in accordance with post-conventional awareness and realizations where, as Habermas says, conventional norms of society turn out to be “instances of problematic justice” (Habermas 1990: 108). Morality is not just obeying pre-given command by either society or a benevolen ...
... social conventions but acting in accordance with post-conventional awareness and realizations where, as Habermas says, conventional norms of society turn out to be “instances of problematic justice” (Habermas 1990: 108). Morality is not just obeying pre-given command by either society or a benevolen ...