[Air-l] I'm researching virality in social networks : suggested papers?

James Whyte whyte.james at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 30 18:22:02 PDT 2007


IMHO The emprical basis for social science can be laid at the feet of general process theory. Lawfull and measureable. However, I made no such declarative statement. I said precisely, "if you accept general process". 
   
  IMHO this expands to all "empirical science." If you have evidence to the contrary, I am very interested.
   
  James
   
  
elw at stderr.org wrote:
  
> No-social science


Are you trying to claim that *all of every discipline within the social 
sciences* currently operates explicitly under the rules of GPT?

This is a major non-starter, from what I see going on around me.

What you're describing is a particular attitude toward the universe, not a 
defining characteristic of an entire spectrum of fields.

Am I supposed to take you seriously? You seem intent on setting yourself 
up as a sort of straw man or sock puppet, once again.

--e


>> General Process Theory is social science 101. Paraphrasing (IMHO):
>> Human behavior is lawfull and measurable. It is the underpinnings for
>> 150 years of empirical research in all the social sciences, particulary
>> psychology and sociology. Contrasted with qualitative approaches that
>> provide descriptive methods.
>>
>> It has some current challenges based on advances in learning theory,
>> cognitive neuro-science and biological sciences, but it remains largely
>> intact.
>
> Oh. Behaviorism.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --e
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