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Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas

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PIRES, Rui Pena. Modes of explanation. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas [online]. 2015, n.78, pp.125-141. ISSN 0873-6529.  https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP2015786687.

There is no single or complete mode of explanation. The sociological analysis is improved with the pragmatic combination of different modes of explanation, which must be selected and combined according to the properties of the processes in analysis, the objetives of the explanation and the degree of knowledge about these processes. Functional and causal analysis are both useful and legitimate modes of explanation, as well is their possible combination, provided we take into account their limitations and conditions of applicability.

Keywords : explanation; functional analysis; causal analysis.

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