Archive for the 'social science'

• We Laugh Because it is Funny but also Because it is True: The Weakness of the Historical Method

December 17th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, ancient history, culture, Epistemology, historians, historiography, history, intellectuals, social science, theory, youtube | 18 comments

• Reader Recommended Reading

December 15th, 2009 by zen

Posted in 21st century, academia, America, analytic, cognition, culture, democracy, democratic party, education, feedback, government, ideas, intellectuals, politics, psychology, reader response, recommended reading, reform, republican party, social science, society | 9 comments

• Brief Metacognition

December 1st, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, analytic, brain, cognition, cognitive goods, consilience, counterintuitive, creativity, education, Epistemology, ideas, intellectuals, intelligence, logic, metacognition, psychology, social science, teaching, theory | 7 comments

• Guest Post: The Duel of Ali ibn Abu Talib with Amru ibn Abd Wudd

November 30th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, al qaida, analytic, arab world, Charles Cameron, extremists, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, islamist, mideast, myth, non-state actors, primary loyalties, psychology, Religion, social science, terrorism, Theology, theory | 13 comments

• Still too Busy to Blog Properly….But Hey, Look What I’m Reading!

November 24th, 2009 by zen

Posted in academia, authors, biography, book, capitalism, culture, economics, globalization, historians, history, horizontal thinking, howard bloom, ideas, intellectuals, islamic world, nixon, politics, primary loyalties, Religion, rick perlstein, science, shia, social science, society, synthesis, Theology, vali nasr | 5 comments