Explanation and Interpretation in Social Science

ExplanationandInterpretationinSocial
Science
Anintegratedviewwithspecificreferencetocasestudies
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Explanation and Interpretation in
Social Science
An integrated view with speciic reference to
case studies

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Explanation and Interpretation in Social Science
An integrated view with speciic reference to case studies
1st edition
© 2015 Erik Maaloe & bookboon.com
ISBN 978-87-403-0982-9

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Explanation and Interpretation in Social Science
An integrated view with speciic reference to case studies

Contents

Contents
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1

Coming To Terms

Part I

1.1

A crucial event, a learning experience

Part I

1.2

Looking around for arguments to it “your” case

Part I

1.3

Tactical tricks to use in order to circumvent conlicting facts

Part I

1.4

Words cover only a minute part of the potentially sensible

Part I

1.5

Induction: From facts to rules

Part I

1.6

Deduction of the singular from a given rule or a set of rules

Part I

2

Truth

Part I

2.1

he counterfactual as an inspiration

Part I

2.2

Do not take it for granted that you know what it means!

Part I

2.3

Correspondence

Part I

2.4

Coherence

Part I

2.5

Correspondence versus coherence and vice versa

Part I

2.6

Socially related criteria of truth derived from human behaviour

Part I

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Explanation and Interpretation in Social Science
An integrated view with speciic reference to case studies

Contents

2.7

Pragmatism as an antidote to our eagerness to explain

Part I

2.8

Validity claims

Part I

2.9

he quest for generalized statements

Part I

2.10

Generalization by enumeration based on sampling

Part I

2.11

Generalization by a constructive integration of theories

Part I

2.12

Analytical generalization

Part I

2.13

Be careful not to miss the most important point

Part I

2.14

Truth – not only of question of “either or”, but of level

Part I

2.15

he concern for reliability

Part I

3

he Opener

Part I

3.1

Introducing explanation, interpretation, rhetoric and understanding

Part I

4

Modes Of Interpretation

Part I

4.1

he historical dimension

Part I

4.2

Meaning

Part I

4.3

Making sense of the term “interpretation”

Part I

4.4

Interpretation as a crat – a historical perspective

Part I

4.5

Interpretation, negative social practices

Part I

4.6

Interpretation as translation

Part I

360°
thinking

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