Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences
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Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences is a book by Steven Goldberg, published by Humanity Books in 2003. Goldberg is an important writer for many reasons, but perhaps most of all for historical ones. He challenged his own generation of academics to serve society by accepting scientific facts, even when they are politically unpopular. Facts and Fallacies reveals his commitment to academic integrity as his first concern.
[edit] Reviews
From back cover of Fads and Fallacies:
- "Among contemporary social scientists, the admirable Steven Goldberg is anomalous: unlike many of his peers, he believes that scholarship is, above all, for getting at the truth. In this compelling new book he demonstrates that there is widespread indifference to truth-seeking in current social science, and argues for the urgency of a return to serious inquiry." Paul Gross, author of Higher Superstition.
- "No person in American sociology is so well informed concerning the current fads and fashions in ideas among American intellectuals and semi-intellectuals. ... Goldberg has emerged as a leading sociological logician. ... The spirit of the great masters of sociological theory is in him." Lewis Feuer, professor emeritus, University of Virginia, author of Einstein and the Generations of Science.
