01435nam a2200301 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050002100173082001200194100002100206245013900227260004600366300003700412504005100449520032900500588009500829650003600924700002000960776003300980856009101013942001201104999001701116EDZ0000077383StDuBDS20170919082702.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120417s2012    enkab  fo|    001 0 eng|d  a9780199932399 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 0aJA71b.C528 201204a3202231 aClarke, Kevin A.12aA model discipline : political science and the logic of representations /h[electronic resource] cKevin A. Clarke and David M. Primo.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource :bill., maps.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aPolitical scientists use models to investigate and illuminate causal mechanisms, generate comparative data, and more. But how do we justify and rationalize the method? Why test predictions from a deductive, and thus truth-preserving, system? Primo and Clarke tackle these central questions in this novel work of methodology.  aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012). 0aPolitical sciencexMethodology.1 aPrimo, David M.08iPrint versionz9780195382198403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195382198.001.0001  2ddccBK  c38317d38317