Casualties of causality

Casualties of causality / Peter Dahler-Larsen.

This book offers a critique of the present status of the concept of causality in the social sciences. "The Causality Syndrome" consists of a belief in causal studies as more important than other studies, a narrow definition of causality, and rules of thumb regarding how to make causal clai...

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Main Author: Dahler-Larsen, Peter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Causation.
Causation
Social sciences > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgement
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: The Causality Syndrome
  • The Causality Syndrome Unpacked: System 1 and System 2
  • The Institutionalization of The Causality Syndrome
  • Create More Space
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Twenty-five Questions
  • Q1. Is Causality a Useful Concept in Social Science?
  • Q2. Is Causation the Most Important and Honorable Task in the Social Sciences?
  • Q3. Are All Great Social Scientists Famous for Their Causal Analysis?
  • Q4. Is Causality Only One Thing?
  • Q5. Can You Only Ask One Type of Question About Causality?
  • Q6. Is Methodology Prior to Paradigms?
  • Q7. Do Methodological Rules Precede Scientific Practice?
  • Q8. Is Scientific Progress a Result of Compliance with Methodological Rules?
  • Q9. Will Social Science Cleanse Itself of Ideology and Normativity, if it Restricts Itself to Causal Analysis?
  • Q10. Does Causation Always Require a Counterfactual?
  • Q11. If You Compare Two Groups, Is it then Less Important What the Comparison Is About?
  • Q12. Does Reciprocal Causality Mean You Have Not Nailed Genuine Causality?
  • Q13. Does the Quality of a Study Depend on Its Place in a Hierarchy of Evidence?
  • Q14. Is the Randomized Controlled Trial a Clincher, and All Other Kinds of Studies Just Vouchers?
  • Q15. Is a Study Better, the More Control You Have over the Situation?
  • Q16. Will Causal Knowledge Accumulate Over Time?
  • Q17. Does the Evidence Hierarchy Only Produce Knowledge?
  • Q18. Are the Rules for Causal Inference the Same Regardless of the Practical Situation?
  • Q19. Can You Sell Your Study by Pretending that Its Design Is Better than it Actually Is?
  • Q20. Is Your Career in Jeopardy, if You Do Not Comply with The Causality Syndrome?
  • Q21. Are People Primarily Interested in Outcomes?
  • Q22. Do We Spend Most of Our Lives Thinking About the Causal Net Effect of X on Y?
  • Q23. If We Focus on Demonstrable Social Impact, Will We then Maximize the Impact of Social Science?
  • Q24. Are Methods Ways to Find Out About Things, But Not Ways to Influence Things?
  • Q25. Is the Time Right for Causal Studies?
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Casualties of Causality and Paths to the Future
  • Casualities of Causality
  • Three Paths to the Future
  • Final Word
  • References
  • Index

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