Para ler Jon Elster: limites e possibilidades da explicação por mecanismos nas ciências sociais

The article aims to investigate and discuss not only the innovations but also the limitations, tensions, and gaps in Jon Elster's methodological concepts, characterized by a type of intentional-causal explanation whose premise is methodological individualism and which chooses the search for exp...

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Main Authors: Ratton Júnior José Luiz de Amorim, Morais Jorge Ventura de
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2003-01-01
Series:Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-52582003000200007