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Concepts in Political Science
Author(s) -
Meyer Poul
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1982.tb00267.x
Subject(s) - object (grammar) , politics , epistemology , element (criminal law) , logical analysis , research object , sociology , social science , political science , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , law , regional science , mathematics , mathematical statistics , statistics
A concept is the name of any general element in one's experience, and, consequently, in social science all conclusions are based on concepts. The main object of this article is to indicate the existence of a logical gulf between the concept as an object of analysis made by social science and the concept as a means to accomplish the analysis