Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences

I Philosophical Framework 1 Evidential Pluralism §1. What is Evidential Pluralism? §2. Why is Evidential Pluralism Plausible? §3. Evidential Pluralism and EBM+ §4. Controversies and Clarifications §5. Evidential Pluralism and Epistemic Causality §6. Applying Evidential Pluralism to the Social Sciences 2 Historical Roots §7. Bernard §8. Weldon §9. Goldthorpe §10. How does Evidential Pluralism differ? II Consequences and Concerns 3 Evidence-Based Policy: EBP+ §11. EBM and EBP §12. EBP+ Evaluation Procedures §13. EBP+ in Comparison to Existing Approaches 4 Mixed Methods Research §14. The Context of the Origins of Mixed Methods Research §15. Mixed Methods Research and its Philosophical Foundations §16. A Critical Analysis §17. Evidential Pluralism and Mixed Methods Research 5 Objections and Responses §18. Objection 1: The Problem of Sufficiency §19. Objection 2: The Problem of Necessity §20. Objection 3: The Problem of Causal Monism §21. Objection 4: The Problem of Defining Mechanisms III Particular Social Sciences 6 Sociology §22. Causal Enquiry in Sociology §23. Sociologists’ Methodological Reflections on Causal Enquiry 7 Economics §24. Causal Enquiry in Economics §25. Benefits of Evidential Pluralism in Economics §26. Mechanisms and Theory in Economics §27. Causal and Methodological Pluralism in Economics 8 Political Science §28. The Need for Methodological Diversity in Political Science §29. Case Study: Resource Wealth and Violence in Rebellions §30. Understanding Causal Enquiry in Political Science 9 Law §31. The Bifurcation Approach to Causation in the Law §32. The Bifurcation Approach and Evidential Pluralism §33. Liability-Tracing Mechanisms §34. Against Causal Autonomy in the Law 10 The Scope of Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences §35. Across the social sciences §36. Where we stand Bibliography