عنوان

Constructing Cause in International Relations

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:9781107047907

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986497

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Constructing Cause in International Relations

General Material Designation

[book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 196 pages

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illustrations

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Index

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Bibliography

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Machine generated contents note: 1. The quest for cause; 2. Inefficient causation I; 3. Inefficient causation II; 4. The European reconceptualisation of space; 5. Cause and knowledge.

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"Cause is a problematic concept in social science, as in all fields of knowledge. We organise information in terms of cause and effect to impose order on the world, but this can impede a more sophisticated understanding. In his latest book, Richard Ned Lebow reviews understandings of cause in physics and philosophy and concludes that no formulation is logically defensible and universal in its coverage. This is because cause is not a feature of the world but a cognitive shorthand we use to make sense of it. In practice, causal inference is always rhetorical and must accordingly be judged on grounds of practicality. Lebow offers a new approach - 'inefficient causation' - that is constructivist in its emphasis on the reasons people have for acting as they do, but turns to other approaches to understand the aggregation of their behaviour. This novel approach builds on general understandings and idiosyncratic features of context"--

Text of Note

"Cause is a problematic concept in social science, as in all fields of knowledge. We organize information in terms of cause and effect to impose order on the world, but this can impede a more sophisticated understanding. In his latest book, Richard Ned Lebow reviews understandings of cause in physics and philosophy and concludes that no formulation is logically defensible and universal in its coverage. This is because cause is not a feature of the world but a cognitive shorthand we use to make sense of it. In practice, causal inference is always rhetorical and must accordingly be judged on grounds of practicality. Lebow offers a new approach - 'inefficient causation' - that is constructivist in its emphasis on the reasons people have for acting as they do, but turns to other approaches to understand the aggregation of their behaviour. This novel approach builds on general understandings and idiosyncratic features of context"--

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International Relations

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Social sciences and state

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

علوم اجتماعی و دولت

علوم سیاسی -- روابط بین‌الملل -- عمومی

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Edition

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Book number

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، ریچارد ند

Dates

، ۱۹۴۲ - م.

Lebow, Richard Ned

Date of Transaction

20160130105354.0

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270410

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