Words and Distinctions for the Common Good : : Practical Reason in the Logic of Social Science / /

Words and Distinctions for the Common Good : : Practical Reason in the Logic of Social Science / / / Gabriel Abend.

How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about itSocial scientists do research on a variety of topics-gender, capitalism, populism, and race and ethnicity, among others. They make descriptive and explanatory claims about...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
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Abend, Gabriel,
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Abend, Gabriel,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.) :; 15 b/w illus. 5 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations and typographic conventions
  • Prologue (or, will social scientists' never-ending disputes over words ever end?)
  • First Act
  • 1 Sandwichness wars
  • 2 The problem
  • 3 Nine ways to decline
  • 4 Technical FAQs
  • 5 Two activities
  • 6 Practical reason activities
  • Second Act
  • 7 Word first
  • 8 Activity WF and its discontents
  • 9 Distinction first
  • 10 Conversation starters (fragments, sketches, suggestions, doubts)
  • 11 As a matter of fact
  • Epilogue (so, will social scientists' never-ending disputes over words ever end?)
  • Appendix: Make Pluto Great Again
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index
  • A NOTE ON THE TYPE

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