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Question:

1. Elster has given us a succinct set of criteria for an acceptable functional explanation on p.404. Among the five conditions given, which condition is not satisfied by most functional analysis in social sciences?

2. On p.407, Elster says that his argument against function relies on two tacit premises: “First, a functional explanation can succeed only if there are reasons for believing in a feedback loop from the consequence to the phenomena explained. Second, these reasons can only be the exhibition of a specific feedback mechanism in each particular case.” Later he says both Arthur Stinchcombe and G. A. Cohen’s ideas have rejected one of the premises. Who rejected what premise?

3.Why does Elster thinks Stinchcombe’s Markov-chain theory have difficulties in explaining “traditional behavior” (407-8)?

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