Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences

Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences

Williamson, Jon; Shan, Yafeng

Taylor & Francis Ltd

10/2024

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I Philosophical Framework

1 Evidential Pluralism

?1. What is Evidential Pluralism?

?2. Why is Evidential Pluralism Plausible?

?3. Evidential Pluralism and EBM+

?4. Controversies and Clarifications

?5. Evidential Pluralism and Epistemic Causality

?6. Applying Evidential Pluralism to the Social Sciences

2 Historical Roots

?7. Bernard

?8. Weldon

?9. Goldthorpe

?10. How does Evidential Pluralism differ?

II Consequences and Concerns

3 Evidence-Based Policy: EBP+

?11. EBM and EBP

?12. EBP+ Evaluation Procedures

?13. EBP+ in Comparison to Existing Approaches

4 Mixed Methods Research

?14. The Context of the Origins of Mixed Methods Research

?15. Mixed Methods Research and its Philosophical Foundations

?16. A Critical Analysis

?17. Evidential Pluralism and Mixed Methods Research

5 Objections and Responses

?18. Objection 1: The Problem of Sufficiency

?19. Objection 2: The Problem of Necessity

?20. Objection 3: The Problem of Causal Monism

?21. Objection 4: The Problem of Defining Mechanisms

III Particular Social Sciences

6 Sociology

?22. Causal Enquiry in Sociology

?23. Sociologists' Methodological Reflections on Causal Enquiry

7 Economics

?24. Causal Enquiry in Economics

?25. Benefits of Evidential Pluralism in Economics

?26. Mechanisms and Theory in Economics

?27. Causal and Methodological Pluralism in Economics

8 Political Science

?28. The Need for Methodological Diversity in Political Science

?29. Case Study: Resource Wealth and Violence in Rebellions

?30. Understanding Causal Enquiry in Political Science

9 Law

?31. The Bifurcation Approach to Causation in the Law

?32. The Bifurcation Approach and Evidential Pluralism

?33. Liability-Tracing Mechanisms

?34. Against Causal Autonomy in the Law

10 The Scope of Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences

?35. Across the social sciences

?36. Where we stand

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