I have just been told that the seminar I am giving at the University of Surrey this Tuesday lunch time is open (although there are limited places). The title of the seminar is: From Induction to Abduction: a new approach to research and productive enquiry. As well as the practice of micro-narrative or abductive research I plan to outline some of the basic theory, in particular to the American Pragmatists Dewey and Peirce. Taget audience is those working on social science research, experimental philosophy, ethnography and management science.
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Saturday's guardian carried a piece about what people read in tv fiction. The "spoilt brat of skins series 1 and 2 was reading Atlas Shrugged on his way to his uni interview.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/feb/05/tv-characters-reading
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Stonem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skins_%28TV_series%29
"Tony appears to be a very handsome, extremely popular and academically gifted young man, with a typical English middle-class background. However, Tony's charm and self-confidence hide an arrogant belief in his own superiority[citation needed] that goes unnoticed except by those closest to him. Teachers, friends' parents, schoolmates and girls all idolize him[citation needed], despite his sociopathic tendencies[citation needed]. He plays cruel games with his family and friends, in particular those closest to him,"
Posted by Martin Owen | February 8, 2010 11:11 AM
Posted on February 8, 2010 11:11
Interesting, ill be sure to catch it...
I recently came across another study that was comparing and contrasting an abductive approach against induction and hypothetico-deductive:
http://www.pbarrett.net/prediction/An_Abductive_Theory_of_Scientific_Method_Haig 2005.pdf
Posted by Mark Spivey | February 9, 2010 2:44 AM
Posted on February 9, 2010 02:44
I'm not saying that it's not worth getting up at 4 AM to listen to you speak, Dave, but I certainly hope that it will be recorded for later viewing in the likely event that my alarm clock fails to wake me up.
Posted by Steve Holt | February 9, 2010 3:26 AM
Posted on February 9, 2010 03:26