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Day 6 (8/17): Determining Dominance in a Wolfpack

Key Questions

  • What are the main difficulties that human scientists encounter when trying to provide explanations of human behavior? (Scope)
  • Is it possible to eliminate the effect of the observer in the pursuit of knowledge in the human sciences? (Perspectives)
  • What assumptions underlie the methods used in the human sciences? (Methods/Tools)
Agenda

  • Soft and Hard Sciences
    • Jared Diamond Discussion
    • Determining Dominance in a Wolf Pack
Ongoing Concerns:
  • Revised 3000-word EE Draft DUE 8/30
  • Blog Conversion Debacle
    • Looks like Wordpress might be our best bet.
      • Exporting your blog from Google Blogger
      • Setting up a Wordpress Blog
      • Importing your old blog content into Wordpress


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