概念之争：实证方法

IF 1 4区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Polity Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI:10.1086/727976

J. Gerring, L. Cojocaru

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摘要

自古以来，概念分歧就被认为是语言的一个重要特征。然而，目前还没有人试图衡量存在的概念分歧的程度，也没有人试图编制一份被认定为本质上存在争议的概念清单。因此，目前还不清楚如何区分有争议的概念和无争议的概念，也不清楚如何检验有关争议原因的命题。本研究报告首先介绍了一种衡量社会科学中概念争议的方法。接下来，我们探讨了可能有助于解释概念争议差异的因素。我们发现，概念的特征--其价值、抽象性和规范性--解释了概念争论的大部分变异。

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Conceptual Contestation: An Empirical Approach

Conceptual disagreement has been recognized as a key feature of language since time immemorial. Yet, no attempt has been made to measure the degree of conceptual disagreement that exists or to compile a list of concepts identified as essentially contested. Accordingly, it is unclear how one might distinguish contested from uncontested concepts or test propositions about the causes of contestation. This research note begins by introducing an approach to measuring conceptual contestation within social science. Next, we explore factors that may help to explain variation in conceptual contestation. We find that the characteristics of concepts—their value, abstraction, and normativity—explain most of the variability in conceptual contestation.

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Polity POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： Since its inception in 1968, Polity has been committed to the publication of scholarship reflecting the full variety of approaches to the study of politics. As journals have become more specialized and less accessible to many within the discipline of political science, Polity has remained ecumenical. The editor and editorial board welcome articles intended to be of interest to an entire field (e.g., political theory or international politics) within political science, to the discipline as a whole, and to scholars in related disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. Scholarship of this type promises to be highly "productive" - that is, to stimulate other scholars to ask fresh questions and reconsider conventional assumptions.