2006
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511607035
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A Realist Philosophy of Social Science

Abstract: This 2006 introduction to the philosophy of social science provides an original conception of the task and nature of social inquiry. Peter Manicas discusses the role of causality seen in the physical sciences and offers a reassessment of the problem of explanation from a realist perspective. He argues that the fundamental goal of theory in both the natural and social sciences is not, contrary to widespread opinion, prediction and control, or the explanation of events (including behaviour). Instead, theory aims… Show more

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“…Consequently, these mathematical approaches provide a limited understanding of these issues and are essentially acausal. Even regression analyses, which are sometimes treated as indicating causal connections, say nothing in themselves about causal mechanisms or relations (Manicas 2006).…”
Section: The Retreat From Causalitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Consequently, these mathematical approaches provide a limited understanding of these issues and are essentially acausal. Even regression analyses, which are sometimes treated as indicating causal connections, say nothing in themselves about causal mechanisms or relations (Manicas 2006).…”
Section: The Retreat From Causalitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…BeeBee, Hitchcock, and Menzies 2009) or a hermeneutical tradition focusing on and defending agent-specific explanations (e.g. Montuschi 2003;Manicas 2006;Rosenberg 2012). This kind of one-sidedness does not do Collingwood's analysis full justice, not even when doubled.…”
Section: Notesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Por outro lado, estudos estatísticos (n-grande) tendem a coletar amplas amostras, com pretensão de representatividade de uma população. Manicas (2006) observa que enquanto a abordagem qualitativa preserva a integridade do objeto estudado, concentrando a coleta ao máximo de informações relevantes para a sua explicação, os estudos estatísticos privilegiam a coleta de amostras dispersas, assumindo que os diversos casos em análise se relacionam entre si pela mediação das variáveis de interesse.…”
Section: Objetivos De Pesquisaunclassified
“…em contraste, pesquisas quanti geralmente respondem às exigências do paradigma "positivista", 1 cujo interesse de pesquisa é centrado no estabelecimento de leis causais. Manicas (2006) identifica os "mecanismos causais" como uma abordagem central para a proposição e o estabelecimento de relações causais. Sob essa perspectiva, a escolha de metodologias quali pode ser subordinada às necessidades de estipulação de relações causais, nem sempre possíveis a partir de abordagens quanti.…”
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