This calendar week marks the halt of the 8th yr of . This yr passed the one thousand grade — the weblog is at ane time upward...
This calendar week marks the halt of the 8th yr of . This yr passed the one thousand grade — the weblog is at ane time upwards to 1,029 posts, or good over ane 1000000 words. The weblog continues to last a real skilful venue for me for developing as well as sharing ideas close the foundations of the social sciences as well as the ways that nosotros drive to empathize the social world. (Mark Carrigan captures a lot of the value that a weblog tin accept for a scholar inwards his recent first-class book, Social Media for Academics. Thanks, Mark, for including inwards your thinking close academic uses of social media!)
Writing continues to get me to read as well as intend exterior the confines of the specific tradition inwards which I work. The collage presented higher upwards represents simply a few of the books I wouldn't accept read inwards the by yr if it weren't for the blog. It gives me a lot of pleasance to holler upwards the novel ideas learned from working through these books as well as capturing a few ideas for the blog. There is a lot of form of content across these many books, but at that topographic point are surprising cross-connections every bit well. (If you lot desire to run into the postal service where ane of these books is discussed, simply search for the writer inwards the search box above.)
There are some mutual themes amid the hundred or as well as then posts inwards the by twelve months --
- a focus on causal mechanisms as well as powers;
- attention to the theory of critical realism;
- a continuing involvement inwards China's recent history;
- an involvement inwards amend agreement the dynamics of race inwards the US;
- an involvement inwards the mechanisms of social alter at the micro-level;
- an involvement inwards the ways inwards which noesis as well as values play causal roles inwards society.
I don't accept an exact measure, but my impression is that the by yr has witnessed a higher release of posts on topics inwards the philosophy of social scientific discipline every bit such, amongst fewer on to a greater extent than contemporary topics.
I am real grateful to the many readers worldwide who uncovering topics of involvement inwards . Google Analytics reports 72,051 page views of the weblog inwards the by month, as well as 718,000 page views for the past twelve months. Here is the global distribution of visitors from the calendar month of October; it is evident that at that topographic point is a fairly broad distribution of readership to a greater extent than or less the world.
Thank you lot for visiting, reading, as well as discussing!
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