A Model Discipline
Political Science and the Logic of Representations
Published on 15. February 2011
233 pages
978-0-19-970032-5 (ISBN)
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Political science is an increasingly model-driven discipline. Political scientists use models--formal and informal, quantitative and qualitative--to investigate and illuminate causal mechanisms, study patterns in datasets, and understand the conditions under which certain outcomes are expected to occur. But how do political scientists justify and rationalize this method? Why test predictions from a deductive, and thus truth-preserving, system? David Primo and Kevin Clarke tackle these important questions in this novel work of methodology.
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Political Science and the Logic of Representations
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Political Science and the Logic of Representations
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A Model Discipline
- 1.1 The Model in Political Science
- 1.2 Metaphors and Analogies, Fables and Fictions
- 1.3 The Broad Themes of the Book
- 1.4 Plan of the Book
- 1.5 What This Book Is Not
- 2 The Science in Political Science
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 What Political Scientists Say They Are Doing
- 2.3 Hypothetico-Deductivism
- 2.4 Problems with H-D
- 2.5 How We Got Here
- 2.6 Conclusion
- 3 What Is a Model?
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Models as Maps
- 3.3 A Few Examples From Political Science
- 3.4 The Received View of Scientific Theories
- 3.5 The Semantic Conception of Scientific Theories
- 3.6 The Model-Based View of Scientific Theories
- 3.7 Models and Theories
- 3.8 Conclusion
- 4 Theoretical Models
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Aspects of Theoretical Models
- 4.3 The Purposes of Models
- 4.4 Judging a Theoretical Model
- 4.5 Conclusion
- 5 Empirical Models
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 What Is an Empirical Model?
- 5.3 The Purposes of Empirical Models
- 5.4 The Illogic of Theory Testing
- 5.5 The Other Uses of Empirical Modeling
- 5.6 Conclusion
- 6 Explanation
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Existing Justifications For Linking Theoretical and Empirical Models
- 6.3 Explanation
- 6.4 Models as Explanations
- 6.5 Choosing among Explanations
- 6.6 Conclusion
- 7 Conclusion
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Review of the Argument
- 7.3 Issues and Counterarguments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Name Index
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