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The constitution of species is above all a means of grouping the facts so as to facilitate their interpretation, but social morphology is only one step towards the truly explanatory part of the science. What is the method appropriate for explanation?
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Durkheim, E. (1982). Rules for the Explanation of Social Facts. In: Lukes, S. (eds) The Rules of Sociological Method. Contemporary Social Theory. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16939-9_6
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