Laws And Explanation In The Social Sciences
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Bridge Laws
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Causal Generalizations
Covering Law Model
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Explanatory Interests
explanatory models
Hempel's Account
human behavior analysis
law-like explanations in social research
Lung Fish
metaphysical foundations
Natural Scientific Explanation
Nomological Explanation
Nomological Inquiry
Nomological Models
Nomological Relationship
Nomological Status
Ontological Connections
Ontological Dependency
philosophy of science
Practical Barriers
Purported Laws
Reductive Explanation
scientific methodology
scientific reductionism
Social Science
Social Science's Inability
Social Scientific Explanation
Social Scientific Inquiry
Social Scientific Laws
Strong Supervenience
Supervenience Relationships
Weak Supervenience
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- ISBN 9780367316624
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The first full-length defense of social scientific laws to appear in the last twenty years, this book upholds the prospect of the nomological explanation of human behavior against those who maintain that this approach is impossible, impractical, or irrelevant. By pursuing an analogy with the natural sciences, McIntyre shows that the barriers to nom
Lee C. McIntyre is assistant professor of philosophy at Colgate University.
