Scientific Discovery in the Social Sciences

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Addis, Mark (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lane, Peter C. R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sozou, Peter D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gobet, Fernand (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 413
• Θέματα: Philosophy and social sciences.; Social sciences.; Computer simulation.; Computers and civilization.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Simulation and Modeling.; Computers and Society.

This volume offers selected papers exploring issues arising from scientific discovery in the social sciences. It features a range of disciplines including behavioural sciences, computer science, finance, and statistics with an emphasis on philosophy. The first of the three parts examines methods of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Introduction (Fernand Gobet, Mark Addis, Peter C. R. Lane, Peter D. Sozou)
• Part I: Methods of Scientific Discovery
• Chapter 2. Case Studies and Statistics in Causal Analysis: The Role of Bayesian Narratives (Peter Abell and Maria Koumenta)
• Chapter 3. Scale Development in Human and Social Sciences: A Philosophical Perspective (Clayton Peterson)
• Chapter 4. The Role of Imagination in Social Scientific Discovery: Why Machine Discoverers Will Need Imagination Algorithms (Michael Stuart)
• Chapter 5. The Structure of Scientific Fraud: The Relationship Between Paradigms and Misconduct (Ben Trubody)
• Part II: Discovery in Practice
• Chapter 6. Information in Financial Markets (Catherine Greene)
• Chapter 7. The Logic of Scientific Discovery in Macroeconomics (Tobias Henschen)
• Chapter 8. Discovering Solidarity: Research on Solidarity as a Case of a That-What Discovery (Jakub B. Motrenko)
• Part III: Formalising Theories in Social Science
• Chapter 9. Syntax, Semantics and the Formalisation of Social Science Theories (Maria Dimarogkona, Mark Addis and Petros Stefaneas)
• Chapter 10. Semi-Automatic Generation of Cognitive Science Theories (Mark Addis, Fernand Gobet, Peter C. R. Lane and Peter D. Sozou)
• Chapter 11. Scientific Discovery, Process Models, and the Social Sciences (Pat Langley and Adam Arvay).