Saturday, January 29, 2005

Contentious Issues in the Social Sciences

Contentious Isssue in the Social Sciences
by John N. Ponsaran
  1. word war: hard science (NatSci) vs. soft science (SocSci); exact science (NatSci vs. complex science (SocSci)
  2. myth of neutrality
  3. research ethics
  4. confidentiality
  5. detached observation
  6. source of research funding
  7. arm chair anthropology
  8. medium of communication
  9. hybridization of disciplines
  10. specialization
  11. vested interest
  12. professional organizations of social scientist
  13. ideological stance
  14. qualitative vs quantitative approach
  15. positivism as a 'cult'
  16. endoctrination
  17. fieldwork and its attendant risks
  18. society as the laboratory of the Social Sciences
  19. intellectual integrity (i.e., plagiarism)
  20. academic freedom!!!

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