tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180555273509830586.post2947118869272186308..comments2024-03-23T03:21:04.152-07:00Comments on The Social Atom: Sticking your neck out (II) -- Mark BuchananMark Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288455251267863265noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180555273509830586.post-86731229938935843362023-08-19T20:52:21.449-07:002023-08-19T20:52:21.449-07:00Thanks for shariingThanks for shariingMy Alpha Male Addictionhttps://myalphamaleaddiction.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180555273509830586.post-38913597938295540612007-06-22T02:30:00.000-07:002007-06-22T02:30:00.000-07:00Thanks for that comment. I'll have a look at Stanl...Thanks for that comment. I'll have a look at Stanley Fish's wikipedia entry, which I haven't yet done.<BR/><BR/>Interesting background. While it seems that in non-human science (especially physical science) we can investigate and accept whatever we find, whether it fits our preconceptions or not, we cannot do this as easily in the human sciences. MarkMark Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288455251267863265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180555273509830586.post-29768026313926024092007-06-21T17:51:00.000-07:002007-06-21T17:51:00.000-07:00For those not familiar with Stanley Fish the wikip...For those not familiar with Stanley Fish the wikipedia entry will make his particular take on social behavior quite clear. <BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Fish<BR/><BR/>I very much enjoy Mr. Buchanan's writing. I spent more than thirty years in the social sciences (as an anthropologist) which are often what I call "assertion based" sciences (once stated an assertion becomes "a fact"). Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology have all had a hard time coping with the evolution of social behaviors. As one sociologist expressed it to me, "If there are rules of human behavior -- I don't want to know them." It was not until 1990 that an anthropologist was able to write a book entitled "Human Universals." Just today I read (once again) that hunter gatherer societies were/are "egalitarian." Not so, but recall the enthusiasm with which so many (including social scientiests) bought into the story of "The Gentle Tasaday" who were a complete hoax, but who were thought to have the attributes so many thought our ancestors would have had. Anthropologist Napolean Chagnon was academically lynched by many anthropologists for demonstrating why a group of South American Indians were "fierce." E.O. Wilson of Harvard was physically attacked for a chapter in his book "Sociolobiology" (1975 and well worth reading) on the evolution of human behavior. The idea that social behavior may actually have a fairly simple structure is not favored by social scientists in general and leads to the dread charge of being "a reductionist."M. Scullinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119052508360051825noreply@blogger.com