Somewhere, I imagine that in the case of the sociologists, through the influence of Max Weber, we decided that the truth, the good and the beautiful are different things and that each one is going by your side. And, entering into the subject that interests us, the beauty and the good are -at least – […]
The bias does not exist
One of the normal concerns of sociologists and others who are dedicated to the research social is the to avoid bias in the questions. A question is biased, a that in their development compel them to respond in a certain way, it would be misleading not to present us the true opinion of the respondent. […]
envy will not be healthy, but it is difficult to deny that envy of the physicists sometimes makes sense
From the edition of 25 of January last of the Economist: Speaking of physicists trying to review the ideas of gravitation of Einstein, and who have the idea that they could have some limitations, then goes on to discuss the principle of equivalence (that is, the idea that all bodies accelerate at the same rate […]
the stupidity of copyright
Of Priests to Sicologos
In reality, it is relatively obvious, but it never hurts to make the comment: psychologists, especially clinicians, are a replacement functional of the priests: 1) In regard to the care of ‘mental’ do virtually the same thing: they Are obligated professionally to remain silent in the face of what one tells them, they are required […]
spontaneous there is
The first and most fundamental rule of the construction of guidelines and questionnaires is that people can only respond to what effectively have an opinion or a memory is formed. It makes No sense to ask questions about specific aspects in which the people have not formed an opinion or don’t remember it that way […]
Surveillance in ancient times.
Among the innumerable ideas which in recent years has added to the sociological thinking on modernity is that modern societies are characterized by their level of vigilance (surveillance). For example, organizations continually monitor what they do to their employees; states handling huge amount of information on the status of their populations etc., it Is thing […]
A purpose of the sociology of science.
modern Chile
the rules of The method: The postulate of the explanation of social
In the two previous posts about ‘rules of method’, I focused on rules surrounding the actor: which seem to be ideas appropriate to work with the social partners. What we will do now is to devote ourselves to another aspect of what, to my understanding, should be part of an explanation sociological appropriate: no rules […]