Simon H A
Science. 1980 Jul 4;209(4452):72-8. doi: 10.1126/science.7025205.
In the social sciences, as in other sciences, progress is often placed by advances in observational techniques and instruments. This article reviews some of the recent technical progress in the social sciences ans then discusses three substantive frontier areas that are particularly exciting at present: evolutionary theory, especially in relation to sociobiology, the theory of human rational choice, and the newly christened discipline of cognitive science. All three claim to provide explanations for broad areas of human behavior.
在社会科学领域，如同在其他科学领域一样，进步往往得益于观测技术和仪器的发展。本文回顾了社会科学领域近期的一些技术进步，然后探讨了目前特别令人兴奋的三个实质性前沿领域：进化理论，尤其是与社会生物学相关的进化理论；人类理性选择理论；以及新命名的认知科学学科。这三个领域都声称能够对广泛的人类行为领域做出解释。
