Retroductive theorizing in Pawson and Tilley's applied scientific realism.
The naturally occurring complexity of the social and natural worlds, along with rising challenges in the social, health and environmental domains, makes retroduction a compelling mode of inference in scientific research. As an antidote to ignorance, retroduction is key to understanding why the world...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Critical Realism Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 121 - 131 |
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