Comments on: Best Sentence I’ve Read Today http://thesociologicalimagination.com/2009/10/13/best-sentence-ive-read-today/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:41:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian Pitt http://thesociologicalimagination.com/2009/10/13/best-sentence-ive-read-today/#comment-524 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:18:09 +0000 http://thesociologicalimagination.com/?p=414#comment-524 Fewer (explicit) assumptions, Yes!

No assumptions, No!

And Josh, contrary to what those in the humanities and the social sciences think, their research projects, even if they believe they are producing “grounded theory,” are replete with (inexplicit) assumptions. If they were not, they would not be able to sift between what data are significant, and what are not significant.

]]> By: John S Cook http://thesociologicalimagination.com/2009/10/13/best-sentence-ive-read-today/#comment-523 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:39:26 +0000 http://thesociologicalimagination.com/?p=414#comment-523 Important issues are where do people get their information and how does information influence whatever they are prepared to believe. Since belief systems are endogenously determined, it might be a good place for economists to start in trying to understand economic systems. If maximising behaviour is an assumption and already decided, what is left to decide? How can they deal further with rationality and consumer choice.

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