Table of contents -- Summary -- Preface -- Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II: Nancy Cartwright, Capacities and Nomological Machines: The Role of Theoretical Reason in Science -- Chapter III: Sen’s Capability Approach: The Role of Practical Reason in Social Science -- Chapter IV: The...

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Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Can the Diagrams be Applied to All the Scales? -- Chapter 3. Converting and/or Reinventing Some Non-“dialectical” Theories and Models or Studies as One Dot -- Chapter 4. Findings from Each Chapter -- Chapter 5. Conclusion -- Appendix I. The...