Session 131:
Epistemology in demography and sociology
Chair: Daniel Courgeau, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Computer simulation and statistical modelling: rivals or complements? • Thomas K. Burch, University of Victoria
Epistemological paradigms and logical inferences in demography • José Octavio Escobedo Rivera, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano Puno-Perú
Epistemology of population doctrines and theories • Yves Charbit, Université de Paris V, Sorbonne
Statistical modelling and causality • Federica Russo, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Michel Mouchart, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Michel Ghins, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Guillaume Wunsch, Université Catholique de Louvain
What role should be reserved for social structures in the analyses? • Robert Franck, Université Catholique de Louvain
Other sessions on Qualitative and quantitative methods, data and theories, and other sessions.
