Common humanity Quote by Mike Rose

Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Every theory of social action is ultimately a philosophy of history. It attempts, as best it may, to read in the experience of mankind…

— Anonymous

There is only one social science and we are its practitioners

— George Stigler

I had always had a deep interest in social science, history. So even when I was in high school, I was debating, and in…

— James Heckman

Many of us who read the literature of social science as laymen are conscious of being admitted at a door which bears the watchword…

— Richard M. Weaver

That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can…

— Ulrich Beck

“science applied to social problems and backed by the whole force of the state,”

— C.S. Lewis

If we could support school curricula about social class, we might discuss the full complexity of 'wealth' within the parameters of our children's educational…

— Alissa Quart

“Social scientific research is and always will be tentative and imperfect. It does not claim to transform economics, sociology, and history into exact sciences.…

— Thomas Piketty

“I suggested that a better understanding of human nature in the light of modern science can point the way to an approach to politics…

— Steven Pinker

It is the political task of the social scientist — as of any liberal educator — continually to translate personal troubles into public issues,…

— C. Wright Mills

The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual and collective…

— Nicholas A. Christakis