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On the Uses of Phenomenology in Sociological Research: A Typology, some Criticisms and a Plea 论现象学在社会学研究中的应用：一种类型学、一些批评和一种恳求

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12415

Sebastian Raza

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Redefining emergence: Making the case for contextual emergence in critical realism 重新定义涌现：为批判现实主义中的语境涌现提供依据

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12414

Cristián Navarrete, Tom Fryer

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Coincidence: A word with two meanings for explaining and predicting the future 巧合：一个具有解释和预测未来两种含义的词

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-01-25 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12405

Margaret S. Archer

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Calibrating the Conatus in Morphogenetic Régulation: Towards a Problématique of Perseverance 校准形态发生调节中的 "锥体"：迈向毅力理论

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12408

Karim Knio

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Dialectical critical realism, complexity and the psychology of blame 辩证批判现实主义、复杂性和自责心理

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-01-06 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12411

Alan Norrie

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Plantness, Animalness, and Humanness: plant placement within animacy and adjacent scales 植物性、动物性和人类性：植物在万物之灵和相邻尺度中的位置

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-01-06 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12410

Frederick Curtis Lubbe, Kenny G. Castillo Alfonzo

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Complexity theory for complexity reduction? Revisiting the ontological and epistemological basis of complexity science with Critical Realism 用复杂性理论降低复杂性？用批判现实主义重新审视复杂性科学的本体论和认识论基础

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12412

Yi Yang

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Realism and Complexity 现实主义与复杂性

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12409

Douglas V. Porpora

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Structure and agency between French and Morphogenetic Régulation 法式和形态发生调节之间的结构和机构

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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2023-12-28 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.12407

Karim Knio, Brandon Sommer