Realism and Complexity in Social Science

Realism and Complexity in Social Science

Williams, Malcolm

Taylor & Francis Ltd

12/2020

232

Mole

Inglês

9781138335554

15 a 20 dias

453

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1. Introduction: Knowing the Social World: Challenges and Possibilities

2. Realism and Its Discontents

3. Complexity, Probability and Necessity in the Social World

4. Causes and Complexity

5. Representation and Reality

6. Theory Choice - Verification, Falsification and Inference

7. Objective Knowledge

8. Mechanisms

9. A Methodological Toolkit: From Micro Complexity to Macro Explanation.

10. A Manifesto for Complex Realism
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