Yafeng Shan, Jon Williamson

Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume contends that Evidential Pluralism-an account of the epistemology of causation, which maintains that in order to establish a causal claim one needs to establish the existence of a correlation and the existence of a mechanism-can be fruitfully applied to the social sciences. Through case studies in sociology, economics, political science and law, it advances new philosophical foundations for causal enquiry in the social sciences. The book provides an account of how to establish and evaluate causal claims and it offers a new way of thinking about evidence-based policy, basic social science research and mixed methods research. As such, it will appeal to scholars with interests in social science research and methodology, the philosophy of science and evidence-based policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000890396
• Artikelnr.: 67794439

Autorenporträt

Yafeng Shan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is the author of Doing Integrated History and Philosophy of Science: A Case Study of the Origin of Genetics and the editor of New Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Progress.

Jon Williamson is Professor of Reasoning, Inference, and Scientific Method at the University of Kent, UK. His books include Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms in Medicine, Lectures on Inductive Logic, Probabilistic Logics and Probabilistic Networks, In Defence of Objective Bayesianism and Bayesian Nets and Causality.

Inhaltsangabe

I Philosophical Framework
1 Evidential Pluralism
§1. What is Evidential Pluralism?
§2. Why is Evidential Pluralism Plausible?
§3. Evidential Pluralism and EBM+
§4. Controversies and Clarifications
§5. Evidential Pluralism and Epistemic Causality
§6. Applying Evidential Pluralism to the Social Sciences
2 Historical Roots
§7. Bernard
§8. Weldon
§9. Goldthorpe
§10. How does Evidential Pluralism differ?
II Consequences and Concerns
3 Evidence-Based Policy: EBP+
§11. EBM and EBP
§12. EBP+ Evaluation Procedures
§13. EBP+ in Comparison to Existing Approaches
4 Mixed Methods Research
§14. The Context of the Origins of Mixed Methods Research
§15. Mixed Methods Research and its Philosophical Foundations
§16. A Critical Analysis
§17. Evidential Pluralism and Mixed Methods Research
5 Objections and Responses
§18. Objection 1: The Problem of Sufficiency
§19. Objection 2: The Problem of Necessity
§20. Objection 3: The Problem of Causal Monism
§21. Objection 4: The Problem of Defining Mechanisms
III Particular Social Sciences
6 Sociology
§22. Causal Enquiry in Sociology
§23. Sociologists' Methodological Reflections on Causal Enquiry
7 Economics
§24. Causal Enquiry in Economics
§25. Benefits of Evidential Pluralism in Economics
§26. Mechanisms and Theory in Economics
§27. Causal and Methodological Pluralism in Economics
8 Political Science
§28. The Need for Methodological Diversity in Political Science
§29. Case Study: Resource Wealth and Violence in Rebellions
§30. Understanding Causal Enquiry in Political Science
9 Law
§31. The Bifurcation Approach to Causation in the Law
§32. The Bifurcation Approach and Evidential Pluralism
§33. Liability-Tracing Mechanisms
§34. Against Causal Autonomy in the Law
10 The Scope of Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences
§35. Across the social sciences
§36. Where we stand
Bibliography

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I Philosophical Framework

1 Evidential Pluralism

1. What is Evidential Pluralism?

2. Why is Evidential Pluralism Plausible?

3. Evidential Pluralism and EBM+

4. Controversies and Clarifications

5. Evidential Pluralism and Epistemic Causality

6. Applying Evidential Pluralism to the Social Sciences

2 Historical Roots

7. Bernard

8. Weldon

9. Goldthorpe

10. How does Evidential Pluralism differ?

II Consequences and Concerns

3 Evidence-Based Policy: EBP+

11. EBM and EBP

12. EBP+ Evaluation Procedures

13. EBP+ in Comparison to Existing Approaches

4 Mixed Methods Research

14. The Context of the Origins of Mixed Methods Research

15. Mixed Methods Research and its Philosophical Foundations

16. A Critical Analysis

17. Evidential Pluralism and Mixed Methods Research

5 Objections and Responses

18. Objection 1: The Problem of Sufficiency

19. Objection 2: The Problem of Necessity

20. Objection 3: The Problem of Causal Monism

21. Objection 4: The Problem of Defining Mechanisms

III Particular Social Sciences

6 Sociology

22. Causal Enquiry in Sociology

23. Sociologists' Methodological Reflections on Causal Enquiry

7 Economics

24. Causal Enquiry in Economics

25. Benefits of Evidential Pluralism in Economics

26. Mechanisms and Theory in Economics

27. Causal and Methodological Pluralism in Economics

8 Political Science

28. The Need for Methodological Diversity in Political Science

29. Case Study: Resource Wealth and Violence in Rebellions

30. Understanding Causal Enquiry in Political Science

9 Law

31. The Bifurcation Approach to Causation in the Law

32. The Bifurcation Approach and Evidential Pluralism

33. Liability-Tracing Mechanisms

34. Against Causal Autonomy in the Law

10 The Scope of Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences

35. Across the social sciences

36. Where we stand

Bibliography