An intelligent eighteen - year - old in a sociology class who isn't a paid - up progressive quickly recognizes the ideological character of a great
deal of social science.
Not exact matches
Every people has its culture, whether primitive or advanced, and this culture is discerned in the folkways and moral standards, forms
of family life, economic enterprises, laws and modes
of dealing with lawbreakers, forms
of recreation, religion, art, education,
science, and philosophy that constitute the
social aspects
of human existence as contrasted with the bare biological fact
of living.
The
social sciences deal with relational aspects
of man, that is, ones that pertain only to some persons.
The second and third chapters will
deal with what is known
of man from the
social sciences and the humanities, respectively.
The branch
of social science that
deals with the production and distribution and consumption
of goods and services and their management... www.cogsci.princeton.edu
The Bulletin oj the Atomic Scientists was launched, and has continued to
deal responsibly and influentially with
social and political implications
of science.
Careful examination
of the findings
of the
sciences is important in
dealing with any
social problem.
Knowledge about individual community leaders, the history and development
of a town, the way decisions are made in its institutions and
social groups, the
deals being made in the world
of politics and business, the norms and values in the arts and
sciences, the presuppositions and operational concepts
of the professions — this is grist for the mill
of a core group which has the responsibility
of planning strategy for the mission
of a particular church in an American community.
This chapter
deals with the place
of science in the
social order, and the channels through which the scientist can responsibly contribute to the formation
of public policy.
There is a good
deal of very interesting avant - garde research in the
social sciences being carried on in America, some
of it in connection with universities, some
of it not.
Social science has accumulated a great
deal of evidence about how to improve parenting.
I don't really put too much stock in academic authority
of people in
social sciences until they talk about testable predictions like real scientists do; or at the very least
deal with # s. Without that, they're just people who have opinions that are no more nor less valid than anyone who isn't an academic
social scientist.
One
of the main problems that I was confronted with on - site, and one which many
social scientists encounter too, is that «traditional» Western theory and methodology adequately prepare undergraduate and graduate students for carrying out research in their own societies, but neither prepare them for
dealing with difficult research circumstances, nor do they train students for conflict areas in post-traumatic societies.Such history (and political
science) courses seem to be functional and have roots in European reality.
At this juncture, Olsen was
dealing with programs in
social and behavioral
sciences, geosciences, engineering — all
of the areas covered by NSF.
The trouble is that
social science reveals general patterns, whereas I
deal with individuals, and my judgements
of them have consequences.
Family and
social problems, lack
of community support, poor access to quality education, relocation from their communities, and a shortage
of science and technology role models are just some
of the problems that youth living on reserves have to
deal with, says Mervin Dewasha, founder, president, and treasurer
of CASEA.
The Journal also includes similar submissions
dealing with forensic - oriented aspects
of the
social science.
In this project, English,
social studies,
science, and / or art students not only learn a great
deal about the topic they write on and illustrate, they also learn about the classic components
of good narrative, and why it is unexpectedly challenging to make a publication - worthy picture book.
Curriculum - related materials, representing a wide range
of intellectual and
social development and a broad range
of student needs and subject areas, include those that
deal with current issues and concerns as well as those that treat the traditional categories
of literature, history, government, the arts and
sciences, etc..
A business study is a main academic discipline which
deals with several
of the main concepts
of social science.
can, if answered adequately, create a sort
of chain reaction, expanding not merely to encompass the accepted assumptions
of the single field, but outward to embrace history and the
social sciences, or even psychology and literature, and thereby, from the outset, to challenge the assumption that the traditional divisions
of intellectual inquiry are still adequate to
deal with the meaningful questions
of our time, rather than the merely convenient or self - generated ones.
This all jibes with earlier posts here on what is perhaps the most unnerving, and under - appreciated, body
of science related to problems like the greenhouse - gas buildup — the sociological work showing how poorly people
deal with looming risks (from global heating to
Social Security insolvency) and exploring ways to improve the situation.
Basically, the problem that the SGCR faced was that there does not seem to be an agency with the mission and expertise to be pushing for and guiding advancement
of social sciences dealing with sustainability and long - term climate change.
As with much
social science dealing with matters
of climate change, the survey seems to have less to do with shedding light on public attitudes and behaviour and more to do with trying to change them:
This concept
of intrinsic value or defect (popularized in the 1860s as
Social Darwinism) was clearly articulated by Sir Francis Galton (1822 — 1911) in «The
science which
deals with all influences that improve the inborn qualities
of a race (8) ⇓.»
If
dealing with the world's climate over the last few thousand years is this easy for the physical
sciences, why not go and sort out a few
of those intractable problems in the
social sciences to show what «hard data men» can really do.
If lawyers have been trained to reach premature conclusions when they
deal with complicated
social evidence, then integrating a more sophisticated sense
of standards for evidence and good arguments in
social science can provide an important antidote.
In Bedford and Carter v Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5, [2015] 1 SCR 331, which
dealt with the constitutionality
of the provisions
of the Criminal Code relative to prostitution and assisted suicide respectively, the evidence that was held to allow lower courts to revisit Supreme Court precedent came mostly from the
social sciences.
Though this is certainly not the first time I've seen discussions about the use
of «
social science research» by counsel and judges, it's a topic to which I haven't given a great
deal of thought and so I'm not going to comment on it right now.
I will read into the record excerpts from the transcripts
of the December 6 Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs,
Science and Technology meeting that
deal with my request for an observation to include the plight
of the families
of missing and murdered Aboriginal women:
Computer & Information
Sciences Senior Seminar — Prepares students to
deal as professionals with the
social and ethical issues in the computing
sciences and provides awareness
of broad applications
of computers and implications
of those applications.
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