Scientific Discovery in the Social Sciences
In: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 413
In: Springer eBooks
In: Religion and Philosophy
Chapter 1. Introduction (Fernand Gobet, Mark Addis, Peter C. R. Lane, Peter D. Sozou) -- Part I: Methods of Scientific Discovery -- Chapter 2. Case Studies and Statistics in Causal Analysis: The Role of Bayesian Narratives (Peter Abell and Maria Koumenta) -- Chapter 3. Scale Development in Human and Social Sciences: A Philosophical Perspective (Clayton Peterson) -- Chapter 4. The Role of Imagination in Social Scientific Discovery: Why Machine Discoverers Will Need Imagination Algorithms (Michael Stuart) -- Chapter 5. The Structure of Scientific Fraud: The Relationship Between Paradigms and Misconduct (Ben Trubody) -- Part II: Discovery in Practice -- Chapter 6. Information in Financial Markets (Catherine Greene) -- Chapter 7. The Logic of Scientific Discovery in Macroeconomics (Tobias Henschen) -- Chapter 8. Discovering Solidarity: Research on Solidarity as a Case of a That-What Discovery (Jakub B. Motrenko) -- Part III: Formalising Theories in Social Science -- Chapter 9. Syntax, Semantics and the Formalisation of Social Science Theories (Maria Dimarogkona, Mark Addis and Petros Stefaneas) -- Chapter 10. Semi-Automatic Generation of Cognitive Science Theories (Mark Addis, Fernand Gobet, Peter C. R. Lane and Peter D. Sozou) -- Chapter 11. Scientific Discovery, Process Models, and the Social Sciences (Pat Langley and Adam Arvay)