Sentence examples for methodological device from inspiring English sources

For we must ask whether functional explanation is a coherent methodological device.

This methodological device is inspired by the approach of intersectional complexity that McCall describes as "intracategorical", characterised by a "focus on particular social groups at neglected points of intersection in order to reveal the complexity of lived experience within such groups" (McCall 2005, p. 1774).

However, as is the case with all statistical methods, multi-stage life tables are a methodological device, the use of which depends entirely on the theoretical objectives that they are supposed to serve.

Three primary methodological devices or procedures are at work in Hartshorne's metaphysics.

Only the first of these methodological devices or procedures supports the widely held claim that Hartshorne is a rationalist.

Rather, it is a simplification of futures, an ideal type in the language of the classical Weberian reasoning [21, 22], being a methodological and conceptual device that can be understood as a logical summary or recapitulation of several trends and aspects of social life.

Of course, a methodological critique of wearable medical devices towards a behavior model is suffering from a refusing action of schizophrenia patient.

11 With the growing role of health economic evaluations, it is important to evaluate the status of this area in the People's Republic of China in terms of quantitative data, characteristics, and methodological approaches for evaluations of devices.