Alberto Acerbi
@acerbialberto.com
I am an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento (Italy): cognitive anthropology / cultural evolution / digital media / cultural analytics
More info in the pinned post.
More info in the pinned post.
As far as I know, the documentary is not available, but it is this one www.filmwork.it/documentari/...
Filmwork - Non Fu Per Caso
Documentari - in Trentino, una terra senza università, nasce la prima facoltà di Sociologia d’Italia.
www.filmwork.it
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
As far as I know, the documentary is not available, but it is this one www.filmwork.it/documentari/...
Does anyone have any idea why, in the social sciences, at least since the last century, it has emerged a (vague, approximate, call it what you will) distinction between qualitative-left / quantitative-“right”?
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Does anyone have any idea why, in the social sciences, at least since the last century, it has emerged a (vague, approximate, call it what you will) distinction between qualitative-left / quantitative-“right”?
...about “protesting against an overly mathematical-statistical approach [that] was steering toward a quantitative sociology.”
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
...about “protesting against an overly mathematical-statistical approach [that] was steering toward a quantitative sociology.”
...topic (William, the first author is) so I would tend to trust him! (Also, in any case, our main argument is independent from the claim in question).
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
...topic (William, the first author is) so I would tend to trust him! (Also, in any case, our main argument is independent from the claim in question).
...the question is how robust is the current empirical evidence. We cite some support in the paper, but I saw the blogpost you mention claims that this support come from WEIRD samples (but, on the other side, we cite some cross-cultural experiments...). I am not really an expert on the specific...
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
...the question is how robust is the current empirical evidence. We cite some support in the paper, but I saw the blogpost you mention claims that this support come from WEIRD samples (but, on the other side, we cite some cross-cultural experiments...). I am not really an expert on the specific...
...is reported that something similar to X does not happen does not necessarily show that there is not a evolved cognitive predisposition towards X. One should look for patterns in the ethnographic literature and see if it is possible to conclude something. Said so...
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
...is reported that something similar to X does not happen does not necessarily show that there is not a evolved cognitive predisposition towards X. One should look for patterns in the ethnographic literature and see if it is possible to conclude something. Said so...
The ethnographic evidence is interesting, but I do not think it is sufficient to disprove a claim. For any non-obvious behaviour X we would expect some cross-cultural variance, as many cultural forces (including drift) act. So showing that in some culture...
October 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The ethnographic evidence is interesting, but I do not think it is sufficient to disprove a claim. For any non-obvious behaviour X we would expect some cross-cultural variance, as many cultural forces (including drift) act. So showing that in some culture...