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The Logic of Social Science (Hardcover)
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A groundbreaking logic-based approach to bridging the
scientific-constructivist divide in social science The Logic of
Social Science offers new principles for designing and conducting
social science research. James Mahoney uses set-theoretic analysis
to develop a fresh scientific constructivist approach that avoids
essentialist biases in the production of knowledge. This approach
recognizes that social categories depend on collective
understandings for their existence, but it insists that this
recognition need not hinder the use of explicit procedures for the
rational assessment of truth. Mahoney shows why set-theoretic
analysis enables scholars to avoid the pitfalls of essentialism and
produce findings that rest on a firm scientific foundation.
Extending his previous work and incorporating new material, Mahoney
presents specific tools for formulating and evaluating theories in
the social sciences. Chapters include discussions of models of
causality, procedures for testing propositions, tools for
conducting counterfactual and sequence analysis, and principles for
knowledge accumulation. Equal focus is placed on theory building
and explanatory tools, including principles for working with
general theoretical orientations and normative frameworks in
scientific research. Mahoney brings a novel perspective to
understanding the relationship among actors, social rules, and
social resources, and he offers original ideas for the analysis of
temporality, critical events, and path dependence. Bridging the
rift between those who take a scientific approach and those who
take a constructivist one, The Logic of Social Science forges an
ambitious way forward for social science researchers.
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