Darwin uses empirical instances not inductively, to build proof, but infectiously, to weaken resistance.
Hammersley (2006) describes sensitizing concepts as providing reference points for analysis of empirical instances.
This explicit criterion rules out a common appeal to camera eyes with different photoreceptive chemicals in their retinal cones from being genuine (empirical) instances of multiple realization.
Here a truth table is constructed which outlines the empirical instances of configurations, as well as their relationship to the outcome indicators.
In this way, Blumer distinguishes between definitive concepts that precisely define the object of enquiry, and sensitizing concept, which give 'a general sense of reference and guidance in approaching empirical instances' [ 34] (page 7).
Sensitizing concepts suggested further directions in which to look, and gave us "a general sense of reference and guidelines in approaching empirical instances ([ 23], p 164, based on Blumer [ 32]).
Explanationism recommends realist commitment with respect to those parts of our best theories regarding (unobservable) entities, processes, laws, etc. that are in some sense indispensible or otherwise important to explaining their empirical success for instance, components of theories that are crucial in order to derive successful, novel predictions.
We find in our empirical findings many instances, for example, 'Sometimes I bit off more than I could chew and had to bring in specialized subcontractors, but only once did things deteriorate to that point where I really didn't want to do this anymore.
Among empirical researchers, for instance, affect-based approaches to happiness are typically described as hedonistic, yet normally focus on moods and emotions rather than (e.g).g
Both theories, however, are supposed to deal equally well with the available empirical evidence, for instance on the relationship between dreaming and REM sleep.
