Social Science is Explanation or it is Nothing
Engaging with LSE's core motto, "Rerum Cognoscere Causas" meaning "to know the causes of things", we engage with a fundamental question about the purpose and future of the social sciences.
Engaging with LSE's core motto, "Rerum Cognoscere Causas" meaning "to know the causes of things", we engage with a fundamental question about the purpose and future of the social sciences.
Thursday 13 October 2022 | 1 hour 28 minutes 13 seconds
We bring together four outstanding social scientists with a range of research interests and a range of traditions to discuss whether social science is explanation or it is nothing. Inspired by the Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory, the contributors speak in favour or in opposition to this motion. Noortje Marres and Mike Savage will speak in opposition, while Julian Go and Melinda Mills will speak in favour.