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100			_aLeon-Medina, Francisco J.
245			_aAnalytical sociology and its 'syntax' for explanation
260			_c2017
300			_ap.502-525.
362			_aDec
520			_aAnalytical sociology is a set of rules for the construction of causal explanations in the social sciences. In this article, I critically assess the value and evolution of this ﾑsyntaxﾒ for explanation and the concept of social mechanisms on which it relies. I also offer a proposal on how to reform and expand the ideal-typical analytical research path. In short, my proposal is characterized by (a) a generative conception of explanation; (b) a conception of social mechanisms as causal chains of micro-level (that is, individual) events; (c) a denial of downward and upward causation; and (d) a focus on testing the generative sufficiency and describing the generative processes of empirically calibrated agent-based models. - Reprodu
650			_aAgent-based models
650			_aAnalytical sociology
650			_aSociology
773			_aSocial Science Information
909			_a116552
999			_c116546 _d116546