Nomadic concepts, variable choice and the social sciences
By: Greene, Catherine
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BookPublisher: Philosophy of the Social Sciences Description: 50(1), Jan, 2020: p.3-22.Subject(s): Variable choice, Wellbeing, Democracy
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Philosophy of the Social SciencesSummary: The observation that concepts used by social scientists are often problematic is not new; they have been described as Ballung concepts, cluster concepts, essentially contested, and reflexive; however, the need to work with these concepts remains. This article addresses the problem of variable choice in the social sciences by exploring and extending Woodward’s recommendations. This article demonstrates why Woodward’s criteria are difficult to apply in the social sciences and proposes an alternative, but complementary, framework for assessing variables. - Reproduced
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The observation that concepts used by social scientists are often problematic is not new; they have been described as Ballung concepts, cluster concepts, essentially contested, and reflexive; however, the need to work with these concepts remains. This article addresses the problem of variable choice in the social sciences by exploring and extending Woodward’s recommendations. This article demonstrates why Woodward’s criteria are difficult to apply in the social sciences and proposes an alternative, but complementary, framework for assessing variables. - Reproduced
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