http://loomnie.com/2008/10/23/krugman-social-science-and-methods/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=krugman-social-science-and-methods Experiences Thoughts Opinions Ideas Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://loomnie.com/2008/10/23/krugman-social-science-and-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-2061 pamthropologist Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:26:26 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/10/23/krugman-social-science-and-methods/#comment-2061 I suppose it all goes back to the goal. If you seek a "scientific" perspective on human behavior, you go for the model. If you appeciate the lessons of the case story, you go for an interpretive perspective. I know which I prefer for "my" anthropology. I suppose it all goes back to the goal. If you seek a “scientific” perspective on human behavior, you go for the model. If you appeciate the lessons of the case story, you go for an interpretive perspective. I know which I prefer for “my” anthropology.

]]> http://loomnie.com/2008/10/23/krugman-social-science-and-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-4436 pamthropologist Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:26:00 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/10/23/krugman-social-science-and-methods/#comment-4436 I suppose it all goes back to the goal. If you seek a "scientific" perspective on human behavior, you go for the model. If you appeciate the lessons of the case story, you go for an interpretive perspective. I know which I prefer for "my" anthropology. I suppose it all goes back to the goal. If you seek a “scientific” perspective on human behavior, you go for the model. If you appeciate the lessons of the case story, you go for an interpretive perspective. I know which I prefer for “my” anthropology.

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