“Principles for the Unification of the Behavioral Science”
Herbert Gintis, Ph.D. of the Santa Fe Institute
The various behavioral sciences have several conflicting models of decision-making and strategic interaction. The failure to adjudicate and resolve the discrepancies among these models indicates a serious breech of the scientific method. Each of these models is seriously flawed, but all can be modified to produce a unified framework for the behavioral sciences.
Research May Give Potential Homicide Victims A Heads Up
YINS
October 9, 2014
New research in Chicago finds that homicide victims are concentrated among a tiny network. Tracing that network might lead to public health measures to protect would-be victims.
Do the social sciences need a shake-up?
YINS
October 9, 2014
A brave, intriguing and fiery op-ed article appeared last year in The New York Times. Written by Nicholas Christakis, it was highly critical of the way that modern social science is done. The headline – “Let’s Shake Up the Social Sciences” – captured its spirit, and it spawned grumpy postings on social science blogs across the world.
