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What is a (social) structural explanation?
- Source :
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Philosophical Studies . Jan2016, Vol. 173 Issue 1, p113-130. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- A philosophically useful account of social structure must accommodate the fact that social structures play an important role in structural explanation. But what is a structural explanation? How do structural explanations function in the social sciences? This paper offers a way of thinking about structural explanation and sketches an account of social structure that connects social structures with structural explanation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00318116
- Volume :
- 173
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Philosophical Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112131123
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-014-0434-5