tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post2162505996347301423..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Huff on Methodological Individualismgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-29896575392475726092012-08-03T21:04:19.822-04:002012-08-03T21:04:19.822-04:00It didn't seem to be in the air though, did it...It didn't seem to be in the air though, did it? I think the intellectual climate was that all science should follow one model, or at most two models: one for natural and one for social science.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-38034688396644638552012-08-03T21:01:42.319-04:002012-08-03T21:01:42.319-04:00Bob:
1) 12 years is not that quick!
2) #2 is not ...Bob:<br /><br />1) 12 years is not that quick!<br />2) #2 is not really even unflattering! Loyalty to one's intellectual forebears is admirable, even if it can be taken too far.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-85413185327836270642012-08-03T17:43:43.329-04:002012-08-03T17:43:43.329-04:00You know Gene, you are awfully quick to come up wi...You know Gene, you are awfully quick to come up with psychological (and unflattering) explanations for why people disagree with you.<br /><br />Were you not breastfed as an infant? That's my theory to explain this annoying habit you have.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-71608533130165093992012-08-03T13:51:16.305-04:002012-08-03T13:51:16.305-04:00Right, but presumably methodological pluralism was...Right, but presumably methodological pluralism wasn't quite the scientific reach that relativity would have been!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-80111761598021567822012-08-03T09:37:58.284-04:002012-08-03T09:37:58.284-04:00That was the intellectual climate of the time. The...That was the intellectual climate of the time. They were fighting the social science of "vast historical forces," "class analysis," and Durkheim. Holism of some sort was the main other option.<br /><br />Of course, one could have opted for pluralism: the way wasn't blocked. Just like someone could have discovered the theory of relativity in 1800.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-85913984141995002412012-08-03T08:15:05.730-04:002012-08-03T08:15:05.730-04:00I'm confused - why was the only other option m...I'm confused - why was the only other option methodological holism?<br /><br />Why is methodological pluralism accessible to you now but not to Austrians 100 years ago?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.com