A model discipline [electronic resource] : political science and the logic of representations / Kevin A. Clarke and David M. Primo.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780199932399 (ebook) :
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- JA71 .C528 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political scientists use models to investigate and illuminate causal mechanisms, generate comparative data, and more. But how do we justify and rationalize the method? Why test predictions from a deductive, and thus truth-preserving, system? Primo and Clarke tackle these central questions in this novel work of methodology.
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