Oakeshott and Mises on Understanding Human Action

The Independent Review;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......theorists of human action. Unarguably...nature of the social sciences in a way...nature of the social sciences, such as...postulates of human action; the characteristics...character of the social sciences. The Postulates of Human Action ...

Ludwig von Mises's Human Action: A 50th anniversary appreciation

The Freeman;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......University Press released a major new work-Human Action by the Austrian economist Ludwig von...landmark in the progress of economics.... Human Action is, in short, at once the most uncompromising...statism, socialism, and totalitarianism, Human Action is that book. It should become ...

Human Action: A 50-Year Tribute

Ideas on Liberty;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...BOOKS Human Action: A 50-Year Tribute Edited by Richard...tribute to Mises's major economic work, Human Action. The lead paper is by Ebeling himself...anti-Misesian doctrines. Robert W Poole Jr.'s "Human Action as a Guidebook to Modern Public Policy...

Cravens, Hamilton, ed. The Social Sciences Go to Washington: the Politics...

Perspectives on Political Science;  June 22, 2004 ;     492 words ...Cravens, Hamilton, ed. The Social Sciences Go to Washington: The Politics of...Publication Date: December 2003 The Social Sciences Go To Washington grew out of a lunch...the topic of the influences of the social sciences upon social policies and their making...

UC Davis economics professor takes over as social sciences dean

University Wire;  May 4, 1998 ;     665 words ......will become dean of the Division of Social Sciences as Barbara Metcalf, UCD professor...Letters and Science, the Division of Social Sciences is composed of 12 majors and managed...According to Sheffrin, the size of the social sciences on the UCD campus combined with a...

Senior CPC official addresses important role of philosophy and social...

Xinhua News Agency;  April 25, 2006 ;     339 words ......addresses important role of philosophy and social sciences BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Senior...sectors of country's philosophy and social sciences to enhance the sense of responsibility...prosperous development of philosophy and social sciences in the coming five years. Liu, ...

China makes progress in health social sciences research

Xinhua News Agency;  October 18, 2002 ;     280 words ...China makes progress in health social sciences research KUNMING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Health social sciences, though in their infancy worldwide...according to sources at the sixth Asia Social Sciences and Medical Conference that ended...

Social sciences gaining favor as a college major

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 7, 1990 ;     700+ words ......University of Chicago, the Division of Social Sciences reports a significant increase in...trend toward greater interest in the social sciences comes from Gerald S. Czerak, director...Illinois college students listing social sciences as their intended major grew from...

China focuses on development of philosophy, social sciences (1)

Xinhua News Agency;  October 16, 2002 ;     203 words ......development of philosophy, social sciences (1) BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua...Researchers of philosophy and the social sciences should try to understand the...told the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) this year. Jiang, also...

A dialectic engagement with the social sciences in an ecclesiological...

Theological Studies;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......EXCEPTIONS, attempts to engage with the social sciences have not been prominent among ecclesiologists...Komonchak has consistently argued that the social sciences have a foundational role in the study...makes no mention of the role of the social sciences in ecclesiology, despite the ...

China focuses on development of philosophy, social sciences (2)

Xinhua News Agency;  October 16, 2002 ;     343 words ......development of philosophy, social sciences (2) Major theoretical research...of China's philosophy and social sciences sector, including Mao Zedong...development of philosophy and social sciences in China. At the end of the...

The future in the social sciences *.

Futures;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Abstract How the social sciences conceptualize the future depends...of new information-oriented social sciences, and the need for thinking outside...futures studies, each of the social sciences occasionally attempts to foresee...

Academic Dependency in the Social Sciences: Reflections on India and...

American Studies International;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The study of the social sciences can be approached in a variety...or the reflexive study of the social sciences, involves the study of the social...the political economy of the social sciences, with reference to the cases...

Putting Humpty Dumpty back together again? The structures of knowledge and...

Futures;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Fifty years ago it was clear what the social sciences were, what they did and where they...structures of knowledge, including the social sciences, have entered into secular crisis...participation in the transformation of the social sciences. ********** Don't you think you'd...

Distance social sciences

The Press;  January 22, 2004 ;     388 words ......better understanding of the world, a social sciences major from the Open Polytechnic of...distance learning, the Bachelor of Arts social sciences major introduces a range of perspectives...students will gain valuable skills from a social sciences major. "Employers from a range of...