Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 08 – 02 Social phenomena have traditionally been explained through a variety of conceptual frameworks. Historians have emphasized historical contingency and institutional development; sociologists have focused on social structures and collective processes; psychologists have investigated cognition, motivation, and individual behavior; economists have analyzed incentives and resource allocation. Each ofContinue reading “Excursus 127 – On Multiple Levels of Explanation in Social Science”
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Excursus 126 – On the Methodological Limits of Classical Sociobiology
Hossein Jorjani First publication: 2026 – 08 – 02 The emergence of sociobiology during the second half of the twentieth century represented one of the earliest systematic attempts to interpret human social behavior within an evolutionary framework. By emphasizing that human societies are products of biological evolution, it stimulated valuable dialogue between biology and theContinue reading “Excursus 126 – On the Methodological Limits of Classical Sociobiology”
Hossein Jorjani 