Table of Contents
I Philosophical Framework
1 Evidential Pluralism
§1. What is Evidential Pluralism?
§2. Why is Evidential Pluralism Plausible?
§3. Evidential Pluralism and EBM+
§4. Controversies and Clarifications
§5. Evidential Pluralism and Epistemic Causality
§6. Applying Evidential Pluralism to the Social Sciences
2 Historical Roots
§7. Bernard
§8. Weldon
§9. Goldthorpe
§10. How does Evidential Pluralism differ?
II Consequences and Concerns
3 Evidence-Based Policy: EBP+
§11. EBM and EBP
§12. EBP+ Evaluation Procedures
§13. EBP+ in Comparison to Existing Approaches
4 Mixed Methods Research
§14. The Context of the Origins of Mixed Methods Research
§15. Mixed Methods Research and its Philosophical Foundations
§16. A Critical Analysis
§17. Evidential Pluralism and Mixed Methods Research
5 Objections and Responses
§18. Objection 1: The Problem of Sufficiency
§19. Objection 2: The Problem of Necessity
§20. Objection 3: The Problem of Causal Monism
§21. Objection 4: The Problem of Defining Mechanisms
III Particular Social Sciences
6 Sociology
§22. Causal Enquiry in Sociology
§23. Sociologists’ Methodological Reflections on Causal Enquiry
7 Economics
§24. Causal Enquiry in Economics
§25. Benefits of Evidential Pluralism in Economics
§26. Mechanisms and Theory in Economics
§27. Causal and Methodological Pluralism in Economics
8 Political Science
§28. The Need for Methodological Diversity in Political Science
§29. Case Study: Resource Wealth and Violence in Rebellions
§30. Understanding Causal Enquiry in Political Science
9 Law
§31. The Bifurcation Approach to Causation in the Law
§32. The Bifurcation Approach and Evidential Pluralism
§33. Liability-Tracing Mechanisms
§34. Against Causal Autonomy in the Law
10 The Scope of Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences
§35. Across the social sciences
§36. Where we stand
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