Fads and fallacies in the social sciences / Steven Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, Steven, 1941-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Political correctness.

Fallacies (Logic).

Ideology.

Physical Description:

230 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, 2003.

Summary:

Goldberg has devoted his career to exposing fallacious reasoning, misrepresented fact, and ideological agendas in the social sciences. In this new collection of essays he addresses the validity of intelligence tests, group differences, the death penalty, sex differences in aggression and cognition, the family, abortion, the nature of modern society, the O. J. Simpson trial, and much more.

Contents:

Part 1 The Erosion of the Social Sciences 15

1. The Erosion of the Social Sciences 17

2. Group Differences and the Fallacies of Pure Environmentalism 35

3. Some Things You'd Rather Not Know about the SAT and IQ Tests 48

4. Does the Death Penalty Deter? Further Thoughts 54

5. Is the Death Penalty Discriminatory? 59

6. Black Murder 62

Part 2 Fallaceo: Ideology in Contemporary Theories of Family and Sexuality 73

7. The Masculinization of the World 75

8. The Logic of Patriarchy 93

9. Are Males Better at Mathematical Reasoning? 109

10. Homosexuality: Questions of Logic and Social Policy 118

11. Why There's No Point to Arguing about Abortion 133

12. Athletics and Sexual Equality 138

Part 3 Fallacy at the Dinner Table: Confusion in Discussion of Everyday Matters 143

13. Why It's Still OK to Believe that O. J. Did It: A Criminological Paradox 145

14. Anatomy of a Misconception: The Super Bowl and the Stock Market 155

15. What's in a Name? 163

Part 4 A Polemic 167

16. So There: The Reasons Why the Coup Failed 169

Part 5 A Hero and a Troubadour 175

17. Jackie Robinson 177

18. Bob Dylan and the Poetry of Salvation: The Four Great Albums 179

Part 6 Values 191

19. Home: America and the Nature of Human Society 193

20. Steven Goldberg: The Most Controversial Professor in America / William Helmreich 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1591020042

OCLC:

50018526