Special issue in Theory and Society seeking interdisciplinary contributions on mechanisms, emergence, model-based reasoning, and explanation in sociological theory.
The special issue addresses a gap between recent developments in philosophy of science and their uptake in sociological theory. It focuses on mechanisms, emergence, model-based reasoning, and explanation in complex systems, with particular attention to developing explicit, formally articulated, and mechanistically grounded explanations in the social sciences.
Contributions are particularly welcome that:
The issue is intentionally interdisciplinary and welcomes contributions from philosophy of science and researchers in other disciplines working on the modeling and explanation of social systems.
Abstracts can be submitted by email to:
Potential contributors are also welcome to discuss their proposed contributions with the editors.