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Social Epigenetics: A Science of Social Science? [PDF]
The Sociological Review, 2016 Epigenetics has considerable potential to transform social science by embedding mutually regulative reciprocal connections between biological and social processes within the human activities it studies. This paper highlights common epigenetic methods and outlines practical considerations in the design of ‘social epigenetics' research addressing the ...
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The science in social science [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012 A recent poll showed that most people think of science as technology and engineering—life-saving drugs, computers, space exploration, and so on. This was, in fact, the promise of the founders of modern science in the 17th century. It is less commonly understood that social and behavioral sciences have also produced technologies and engineering that ...
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Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 1997 The article concentrates on the most essential elements of a social science as research, whereby research is strictly interpreted as the verification of a theory in a particular field but neither as "theorie sans terrain" nor "terrain sans theorie".
Gérard Mauger, Louis Pinto
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Les espèces exotiques envahissantes, pour une remise en cause des paradigmes écologiques
Sciences, Eaux & Territoires, 2012 En raison de la forte pression humaine sur les écosystèmes aquatiques et semi-aquatiques, on observe de plus en plus souvent de nouvelles espèces introduites en provenance de plusieurs régions du monde.
C. LEVEQUE
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Épistémologie(s) des sciences sociales.
Transposition, 2012 In this interview with Sabine Trebinjac, we discuss her studies in France and China and then delve into several different topics: a “research subject” that is both Chinese and Muslim, reflections on the link between ancient and contemporary China ...
Brice Gérard
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L’enseignement des sciences sociales au Brésil
Revue d’Histoire des Sciences Humaines, 2023 The objective of this article is to analyze the institutionalization of the first social science courses in Brazil considering the circulation of foreign and Brazilian professors in the country throughout the 1930s. Thus, the aim is to make a comparative
Marcia Consolim
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L’asocialité des sciences sociales expertes
Tracés, 2009 This paper offers a critical reflection on the distant, expert position taken on by social scientists influenced by positivism. On behalf of neutrality and objectivity, a dichotomy is constructed between the scientist and its object.
Christophe Adam
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Réparer le cercle : la responsabilisation de l’Autochtone alcoolique
Criminologie, 2009 RésuméLe présent article fournit une réflexion critique de la relation entre l’alcool et les Autochtones à partir d’une revue holistique des travaux produits dans le champ des sciences sociales et médicales.
Alexandra Pronovost
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Sciences, Eaux & Territoires, 2013 Contrairement à une idée reçue, l'eau distribuée par les réseaux publics n'est pas la seule eau à disposition des usagers pour satisfaire leurs besoins. On observe même que dans certains cas la tendance à la baisse de la consommation d'eau du réseau peut
M. MONTGINOUL, J.D. RINAUDO
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