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dc.contributor.authorShan, Yafeng
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, Jon
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-18T12:14:04Z
dc.date.available2023-04-18T12:14:04Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62477
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPhilosophy and Method in the Social Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statisticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophyen_US
dc.subject.othercausality;correlation;economics;evidence;evidence-based policy;evidential pluralism;law;legal studies;mechanism;mixed methods research;psychology;research methods;science;social science;sociologyen_US
dc.titleEvidential Pluralism in the Social Sciencesen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003143000en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bben_US
oapen.relation.isFundedBy7a8b4a26-5828-4c29-893e-8a38e5e6bb97en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367697228en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781003143000en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367697266en_US
oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages191en_US


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