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Causality in Sociological Research

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  1. Jakub Karpiński
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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 212)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Conditioning of Events Versus Causal Conditioning

    • Jakub Karpiński
    Pages 1-17

  3. The Simplest Case of Causal Analysis

    • Jakub Karpiński
    Pages 19-36

  4. The Causal Interpretation of Relationships in Non-Experimental Single Studies

    • Jakub Karpiński
    Pages 37-53

  5. Verification of Statements on Causal Relationships in Diachronic Studies

    • Jakub Karpiński
    Pages 55-86

  6. Verification of Statements on Causal Relationships in Experimental Research

    • Jakub Karpiński
    Pages 87-105

  7. Causal Analyses and Theoretical Analyses

    • Jakub Karpiński
    Pages 107-122

  8. Human Beings and Collectivities. The Problem of the “Level of Analysis” in Sociology

    • Jakub Karpiński
    Pages 123-148

  9. Concluding Remarks: Problems Raised and Results Obtained

    • Jakub Karpiński
    Pages 149-153

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 155-184
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About this book

The general treatment of problems connected with the causal conditioning of phenomena has traditionally been the domain of philosophy, but when one examines the relationships taking place in the various fields, the study of such conditionings belongs to the empirical sciences. Sociology is no exception in that respect. In that discipline we note a certain paradox. Many problems connected with the causal conditioning of phenomena have been raised in sociology in relatively recent times, and that process marked its empirical or even so-called empiricist trend. That trend, labelled positivist, seems in this case to be in contradiction with a certain type of positivism. Those authors who describe positivism usually include the Humean tradition in its genealogy and, remembering Hume's criticism of the concept of cause, speak about positivism as about a trend which is inclined to treat lightly the study of causes and confines itself to the statements on co-occurrence of phenomena.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Causality in Sociological Research

  • Authors: Jakub Karpiński

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0495-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0546-0Due: 31 May 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6709-6Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0495-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 192

  • Topics: Methodology of the Social Sciences, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy of Science

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