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Record W2418532027 · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511790751.010

Conclusion

2008· book-chapter· en· W2418532027 on OpenAlexaff
Alain Noël, Jean‐Philippe Thérien

Bibliographic record

VenueCambridge University Press eBooks · 2008
Typebook-chapter
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicPolitical Philosophy and Ethics
Canadian institutionsUniversité de Montréal
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPoliticsRationalitySociologyDimension (graph theory)Positive economicsEpistemologyEconomic JusticeConversationMeaning (existential)Social sciencePolitical scienceEconomicsLawPhilosophy

Abstract

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Politics involves distinct social mechanisms, which cannot be adequately captured by the sociological notions of structure and culture, or by the economic concepts of rational choice and equilibrium. Some political actions are driven by social norms, and others by utilitarian calculations, but political life always contains an additional dimension: communication. Political scientists sometimes convey this distinction by speaking of a logic of arguing that exists alongside a sociological logic of appropriateness (norms) and an economic logic of consequentialism (utility). When they argue, social actors can challenge prevailing norms and the dominant rationality, and transform society as they communicate and deliberate. Economist Albert Hirschman once made a similar distinction by contrasting the market, where one exercised choice through “exit” – by not buying – and politics, where “voice” and protest were the prevailing modes of operation. Likewise, Jon Elster distinguished the market, where private preferences were expressed through purchases, and the forum, where an open and public conversation brought people to determine together the common good and the meaning of social justice. This deliberative dimension of politics is perfectly captured by the left–right opposition. Whereas the core concepts of economics translate into an instrumental rationality that tends to “close off debate,” the left–right division, understood as the core currency of political exchange, suggests instead that debates are unavoidable, inherent in political life, and foundational for democracy.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.007
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.224
Threshold uncertainty score0.000

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.007
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0030.002
Scholarly communication0.0070.004
Open science0.0020.004
Research integrity0.0040.003
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.2240.089

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.064
GPT teacher head0.261
Teacher spread0.197 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreOther

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2008
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