Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Criticisms of the Evolutionary Perspective01:23

Criticisms of the Evolutionary Perspective

161
In a study where individuals posing as strangers offered compliments and proposed casual sex to students, the responses differed significantly based on gender. Not a single woman accepted the proposal, while 70% of the men agreed. This outcome provides a useful scenario to explore through the lens of evolutionary psychology and social learning theory, highlighting the diverse perspectives on human sexual behaviors.
Evolutionary psychology provides one explanation for these findings, suggesting...
161
Humanistic Psychology01:24

Humanistic Psychology

1.3K
Humanistic psychology emerged in the mid-20th century as a response to the deterministic and pessimistic nature of behaviorism and psychoanalysis. While behaviorism focused on observable behaviors influenced by the environment and psychoanalysis delved into unconscious motivations, both theories suggested that human actions lacked free will. In contrast, humanistic psychology offers a perspective that emphasizes the innate potential for goodness and growth within every individual.
This approach...
1.3K
Hypothesis: Accept or Fail to Reject?01:17

Hypothesis: Accept or Fail to Reject?

28.3K
The outcome of any hypothesis testing leads to rejecting or not rejecting the null hypothesis. This decision is taken based on the analysis of the data, an appropriate test statistic, an appropriate confidence level, the critical values, and P-values. However, when the evidence suggests that the null hypothesis cannot be rejected, is it right to say, 'Accept' the null hypothesis?
There are two ways to indicate that the null hypothesis is not rejected. 'Accept' the null...
28.3K
Communication01:28

Communication

7.6K
Sharing information, concepts, and emotions to foster mutual understanding is communication. The sender, recipient, and transaction must be considered in this manner. The sender is the person who shares the message, the recipient is the person who receives and understands the message, and the transaction is the method used to deliver the message and the variables that affect the communication's context and surroundings. The nurse-client connection is built on therapeutic communication.
7.6K
Critical Thinking II01:25

Critical Thinking II

3.2K
Critical thinking is a cognitive process with several attributes. The attributes of critical thinking include the following:
3.2K
Feedback Inhibition00:46

Feedback Inhibition

54.6K
Biochemical reactions are occurring constantly in cells, converting starting substances to different products, usually with the help of enzymes that speed the reactions. Without enzymes, it would take far too long for most reactions to occur to be useful to the cell!
54.6K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Can Evidential Pluralism mitigate bias and motivated reasoning?

Synthese·2026
Same author

Synthesis challenges in complex evidence: A critical analysis of systematic reviews of face mask efficacy.

Research synthesis methods·2026
Same authorSame journal

Precis of <i>Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences</i>.

Asian journal of philosophy·2025
Same author

Bayesianism from a philosophical perspective and its application to medicine.

The international journal of biostatistics·2022
Same author

Direct Inference and Probabilistic Accounts of Induction.

Journal for general philosophy of science = Zeitschrift fur allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie·2022
Same author

The use of mechanistic reasoning in assessing coronavirus interventions.

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice·2020
Same journal

From intersubjective correspondence to the counterpart relation-motifs from Carnap's Aufbau in Lewis's counterpart theory and his philosophical methodology.

Asian journal of philosophy·2026
Same journal

Is Wrenn's Strong Virtue Theory of the value of truth too strong?

Asian journal of philosophy·2025
Same journal

Inferential collective self-knowledge.

Asian journal of philosophy·2025
Same journal

Belief beyond reason: a radical relativist hinge epistemology.

Asian journal of philosophy·2025
Same journal

Trustworthy AI: responses to commentators.

Asian journal of philosophy·2024
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Sep 14, 2025

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses
06:42

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses

Published on: September 28, 2018

11.7K

Responses to criticisms.

Yafeng Shan1, Jon Williamson2

  • 1Division of Humanities and Center for Philosophy of Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China.

Asian Journal of Philosophy
|July 24, 2025
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

This study defends Evidential Pluralism for social science research. It addresses critiques, highlighting the framework's utility in understanding complex social phenomena.

Keywords:
EstablishEvidential pluralismKnowledge-firstMixed methods researchSocial scienceTransitivity

More Related Videos

Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure
07:56

Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

Published on: September 19, 2019

10.1K
An Experimental Analysis of Children's Ability to Provide a False Report about a Crime
07:36

An Experimental Analysis of Children's Ability to Provide a False Report about a Crime

Published on: May 3, 2016

8.6K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Sep 14, 2025

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses
06:42

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses

Published on: September 28, 2018

11.7K
Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure
07:56

Assessing the Coherence of Parents' Short Narratives Regarding their Child Using the Five-Minute Speech Sample Procedure

Published on: September 19, 2019

10.1K
An Experimental Analysis of Children's Ability to Provide a False Report about a Crime
07:36

An Experimental Analysis of Children's Ability to Provide a False Report about a Crime

Published on: May 3, 2016

8.6K

Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Philosophy of Science

Background:

  • Critical commentaries have questioned the applicability of Evidential Pluralism in social sciences.
  • Evidential Pluralism offers a framework for understanding evidence in complex systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To defend the application of Evidential Pluralism to the social sciences.
  • To respond to specific critiques raised by Runhardt, Weber, and Wilde.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation.
  • Critical analysis of existing commentaries.

Main Results:

  • The application of Evidential Pluralism is defended against critiques.
  • The utility of Evidential Pluralism for social science inquiry is reaffirmed.

Conclusions:

  • Evidential Pluralism provides a valuable and robust framework for social science research.
  • The critiques do not invalidate the core principles or applicability of Evidential Pluralism.