03843nam a2200505 i 45000010014000000030008000140050017000220060019000390070015000580080041000730400035001140200036001490200033001850200018002180200042002360200039002780200018003170200043003350200040003780240018004180240031004360350022004670350024004890500026005130720025005390720025005640720016005891000118006052450065007232640035007883000039008233360026008623370026008883380036009145050258009505201722012085880047029306500049029776500041030266500067030678560072031348560102032069420012033089990017033209781003455912FlBoTFG20251030122250.0m        d        cr un||||uuuuu240919s2025    enk    eo     000 0 eng d  aOCoLC-PbengerdaepncOCoLC-P  a9781003455912q(electronic bk.)  a1003455913q(electronic bk.)  z9781032597041  a9781040091579q(electronic bk. : PDF)  a1040091571q(electronic bk. : PDF)  z9781032595320  a9781040091586q(electronic bk. : EPUB)  a104009158Xq(electronic bk. : EPUB)3 a97810034559127 a10.4324/97810034559122doi  a(OCoLC)1456542327  a(OCoLC-P)1456542327 4aJZ1253.5b.J34 2025eb 7aPOLx0000002bisacsh 7aPOLx0110002bisacsh 7aHPQ2bicssc1 aJackson, Patrick Thaddeus,d1972-eauthor.1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJg8KHQfW7jvpgKwQ7GGpP99480010aFacts and Explanations in International Studies...and beyond 1aAbingdon :bRoutledge,c[2025]  a1 online resource (xii, 158 pages)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aPreface and AcknowledgementsChapter 1: FactsChapter 2: DescriptionsChapter 3: Causal ExplanationsChapter 4: Explaining Outcomes CausallyChapter 5: Interpretive ExplanationChapter 6: Evaluating Claims and ExplanationsChapter 7: PostscriptReferences Index  aThe politicizing of facts and factual claims has led some to abandon all talk of a meaningful distinction between a fact and a strongly held political commitment. This book argues that what we need, instead, are better accounts of facts and their relationship to explanation⁰́₄ones that take seriously the dependence of facts on communities of practice and on consensus procedures of measurement, but do not abandon the epistemic distinctiveness of facts. Bringing clarity and order to the discussion by disclosing both key commonalities and significant differences between the ways we talk about facts and explanations, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson argues that although intrinsically more contestable than facts, social-scientific explanations can nonetheless be related to them in ways that allow researchers to evaluate explanations based on whether and to what extent they accord with the relevant facts in each situation. Ardently defending a pragmatist account of knowledge that has no patience with either⁰́₋alternative facts⁰́₊ or ⁰́₋anything goes⁰́₊ relativism, the author develops a set of concepts that enables tricky philosophical problems to be dissolved.After examining facts, causal explanations, and interpretive explanations, the book culminates in an account of the priority of interpretation in the evaluation of any explanation⁰́₄and any seemingly factual claim. Defining the terms of the debate and grounding better conversations about the issues, this book will appeal to all scholars interested in the philosophy and methodology of the social sciences, international studies, international relations, security studies, and anyone teaching or studying research methods.  aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. 0aLanguage and international relations.994801 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General2bisacsh 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General2bisacsh403Taylor & Francisuhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003455912423OCLC metadata license agreementuhttp://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf  cE-Books  c67892d67892