Probabilistic Thinking, the Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences: Changing Configurations (1800–1850)

Lécuyer, Bernard-Pierre

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“…In adopting this perspective, one commits to conceiving of reality as a large but finite set of relationships in which variables and measures index stable patterns between underlying constructs. Seen in this light, the project of science is ultimately to reduce the proportion of these relationships that are understood to be correlational in favor of causal relationships (on this theme, see Lecuyer, 1994; see also Gould & Joullié, 2017). The convergence with the unificationist view of science is here again apparent.…”

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Theory, explanation, and understanding in management research

Joullié

Gould

2021

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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Theory production has been a central focus of management research for decades, mostly because theory legitimizes both management research and, through its application, management practice as professional endeavors. However, such an emphasis on theory glosses over one of its constraining and particularized roles in scientific explanation, namely that theory codifies predictive knowledge. Committing to theory a ‘traditional’ or ‘critical’ understanding of theory, thus amounts to embracing the view that prediction is achievable within a circumscribed field of study. Such an embrace is non-controversial in natural science. However, within the realm of management studies, it necessitates and smuggles in a strawman view of human existence, one which does not accommodate freedom and responsibility. This limitation of management theory explains its inadequate utility. This article argues that alternative avenues for management research exist. JEL CLASSIFICATION: M10

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Theory, explanation, and understanding in management research

Joullié

Gould

2021

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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At the borders of the average man: Adolphe Quêtelet on mental, moral, and criminal monstrosities

Sposini

2019

J History Behavioral Science

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This study examines Adolphe Quêtelet's conception of deviance. It investigates how he identified social marginalities and what actions he recommended governments to undertake. To get a close understanding of his views, this paper examines three cases of “monstrosities,” namely mental alienation, drunkenness, and criminality. My main thesis is that Quêtelet provided scientific authority to a conception of deviance as sickness, immorality, and cost thus encouraging legislators to use statistics for containing social marginalities. The case of alienation shows that Quêtelet viewed insanity as a pathology of civilization to be understood through phrenology. The case of drunkenness demonstrates how Quêtelet conflated the notion of statistical mean with moral decency. The case of criminality illustrates Quêtelet's major concern with the cost of criminals for the state. While advocating for the perfectibility of mankind, Quêtelet urged governments to take actions against what he considered the monstrosities of society.

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Approaching the Study of Business and Management as Science

Miles

2019

The Purpose of the Business School

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Probabilistic Thinking, the Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences: Changing Configurations (1800–1850)

Cited by 4 publications

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Theory, explanation, and understanding in management research

Theory, explanation, and understanding in management research

At the borders of the average man: Adolphe Quêtelet on mental, moral, and criminal monstrosities

Approaching the Study of Business and Management as Science

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