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Structural Explanation in Social Theory

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2023-10-31

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Jackson, Frank
Pettit, Philip

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Oxford University Press

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Social facts are easier to illustrate than define. They include facts, if they are facts, like the following: that the rich enjoy higher social status than the poor; that there has been a world-wide fall in the number of smokers; that the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan; that the crime00ADrate in Australia is lower than in the US; that every successful entrepreneur maximizes expected net revenue; and that the birth00ADrate in Western countries fell in the twentieth century.

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attitudes, Australia, illustrate, maximizes, number

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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85213521720&partnerID=8YFLogxK
 https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733750724

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Mind, Morality, and Explanation: Selected Collaborations

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10.1093/oso/9780199253364.003.0008

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