by John N. Ponsaran
- word war: hard science (NatSci) vs. soft science (SocSci); exact science (NatSci vs. complex science (SocSci)
- myth of neutrality
- research ethics
- confidentiality
- detached observation
- source of research funding
- arm chair anthropology
- medium of communication
- hybridization of disciplines
- specialization
- vested interest
- professional organizations of social scientist
- ideological stance
- qualitative vs quantitative approach
- positivism as a 'cult'
- endoctrination
- fieldwork and its attendant risks
- society as the laboratory of the Social Sciences
- intellectual integrity (i.e., plagiarism)
- academic freedom!!!
