Monthly Archives: October 2016

Week 7: Scale & Causal Relations

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Will H. Moore

Given the break from abstraction provided by week 6’s review of exemplars, we dove back into abstraction for the final two weeks of the Theory section of the course.  For week seven we first covered the concept of scale (usually … Continue reading →

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Week 6: Exemplars

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Will H. Moore

For week 6 of the Scientific Inquiry–Theory & Inference seminar  we wanted to put some flesh on the abstract skeletal structure we had covered thus far in the course.  So we had them read a bunch of work that does some … Continue reading →

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What is knowing, what is science, what is theory?

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Will H. Moore

This is the third in a series of guest posts by Nate Monroe. I’ve been under water for a few weeks, and that’s left me five weeks behind in my new blogging enterprise. So, in an effort to get back … Continue reading →

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“Gracious” v “Sore” Election Losers, US Stylee

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Will H. Moore

My friend, and former colleague at UC, Riverside, Shaun Bowler has a post over at Vox that discusses the important role of concession speeches by losing politicians that affirm the legitimacy of the process.  Adam Przeworski famously put the issue … Continue reading →

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Meet Rape Culture: Progress and the Long Road Ahead

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Will H. Moore

That Donald Trump is the perfect spokesperson to spread awareness that rape culture has been a part of the human experience since recorded history is not terribly surprising.  Indeed, the only positive thing I can take from his successful run … Continue reading →

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