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Modes of explanation

Author(s) -

Rui Pena Pires

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

sociologia problemas e práticas

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2182-7907

pISSN - 0873-6529

DOI - 10.7458/spp2015786687

Subject(s) - mode (computer interface) , epistemology , causal analysis , degree (music) , sociology , computer science , econometrics , mathematics , philosophy , physics , acoustics , operating system

There is no single or complete mode of explanation. The sociological analysis is improved with the pragmatic combination of different modes of explanation, which must be selected and combined according to the properties of the processes in analysis, the objetives of the explanation and the degree of knowledge about these processes. Functional and causal analysis are both useful and legitimate modes of explanation, as well is their possible combination, provided we take into account their limitations and conditions of applicability.

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