News - Social Theory
By Freidenberg, Judith The editors and editorial board of Human Organization are pleased to introduce readers to the following oral history interview with Michael M.
By Szostak, Rick Integrating History and Human Science In the second edition of Peter Burke's brief but important book, he urges historians to draw from a wide range of human science theory. Burke provides concise overviews of some 30 distinct theories.
THERE ARE INSTANCES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE "TRUTHS" THAT HAVE BEEN subsequently and convincingly demonstrated to be false.
ON RECEIVING AN INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS SPECIAL ISSUE on errors in science, I immediately responded to the editors that I did not wish to do so because it was a big mistake to think that the logic of "big mistakes" applies to the history and dynamics of the behavioral and social sciences.* I gave them a few reasons why I thought that my reasoning was correct.
Encouraging the Integration of Social Theory into Population Health Research and Practice Historically, population health researchers have privileged methodological considerations in their research and practice.
