SOME POINTS OF VIEW REGARDING THE DEFINITIONS OF THE CONCEPTS OF EXPLANATION, UNDERSTANDING AND CAUSALITY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Adrian Moroşan

Revista Economica, 2015, vol. 67, issue 1, 130-136

Abstract: Not every description of our subjective representations of the reality necessarily generates knowledge about the truths of the moment. Our paper presents the conditions a description of the representations of the social reality should meet to be regarded as scientific from a logical perspective.

Keywords: explanation; understanding; causality; social sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B41 G17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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