The main problem here pointed out by Wilson is that the social sciences are not consciling with the other sciences. And so much more can be obtain if they simply did this. It is disunity and a failure of vision which they lack.
"Most people believe they know how they themselves think, how others think too, and even how institutions evolve. But they are wrong. Their understanding is based on folk psychology, the grasp of human nature by common sense- defined by Einstein as everything learned to the age of 18.
What unites humanities? Ethical standards are molded by culture, and cultures are endlessly diverse and equivalent.
The principal task of the social sciences is the explanation of social phenomena, not the behavior of single individuals.
Biology is a science that traces causation across many levels of organization, from brain to ecosystem down to atom.
Social sciences are intrinsically compatible with the natural sciences.
First approach is to recognize that while the social sciences are truly science, when pursued descriptively and analytically, social theory is not yet true theory.
Hermeneutics: the close analysis and interpretation of texts, and especially of the Old Testaments (what we will be doing at the MPC).
A respect for fine analysis of factual information by trained intellects is what the social and natural sciences have in common.
Creativity in research can occur unexpectedly in any form of inquiry, but to resist linking discoveries by causal explanation is to diminish their credibility.
From the lack of a true social theory comes the debilitating failure of the social sciences to communicate with the natural sciences and even with one another.
neuroscience: analyze the physical basis of mental activity and aim to solve the mystery of conscious thought.
human behavioral genetics: biasing influence of the genes on mental development.
bridging discipline is evolutionary biology: explain the hereditary origins of social behavior
environmental sciences: is where the human species evolves and to which its physiology and behavior are finely adapted.
Behavior is guided by epigenetic rules:
(go to pg. 210 for a better understanding of epigenetic rules)\
"Most people believe they know how they themselves think, how others think too, and even how institutions evolve. But they are wrong. Their understanding is based on folk psychology, the grasp of human nature by common sense- defined by Einstein as everything learned to the age of 18.
What unites humanities? Ethical standards are molded by culture, and cultures are endlessly diverse and equivalent.
The principal task of the social sciences is the explanation of social phenomena, not the behavior of single individuals.
Biology is a science that traces causation across many levels of organization, from brain to ecosystem down to atom.
Social sciences are intrinsically compatible with the natural sciences.
First approach is to recognize that while the social sciences are truly science, when pursued descriptively and analytically, social theory is not yet true theory.
Hermeneutics: the close analysis and interpretation of texts, and especially of the Old Testaments (what we will be doing at the MPC).
A respect for fine analysis of factual information by trained intellects is what the social and natural sciences have in common.
Creativity in research can occur unexpectedly in any form of inquiry, but to resist linking discoveries by causal explanation is to diminish their credibility.
From the lack of a true social theory comes the debilitating failure of the social sciences to communicate with the natural sciences and even with one another.
neuroscience: analyze the physical basis of mental activity and aim to solve the mystery of conscious thought.
human behavioral genetics: biasing influence of the genes on mental development.
bridging discipline is evolutionary biology: explain the hereditary origins of social behavior
environmental sciences: is where the human species evolves and to which its physiology and behavior are finely adapted.
Behavior is guided by epigenetic rules:
(go to pg. 210 for a better understanding of epigenetic rules)\