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A Reply to My Critics

First of all, thanks are due to Jonathan Havercroft for extending the invitation to discuss A Theory of Contestation at the “Author Meets Critics” panel at the American Political Science Association meeting in San Francisco in 2015, and for subsequently putting together this symposium. Needless to say, I am also incredibly thankful and humbled by the serious engagement and the exceedingly insig...

My right to reply: inaccurate references.

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Changing the Theory of Theory Change: Reply to My Critics

'Changing the Theory of Theory Change: Towards a Computational Approach' (Tennant [1994]; henceforth CTTQ claimed that the AGM postulate of recovery is false, and that AGM contractions of theories can be more than minimally mutilating. It also described an alternative, computational method for contracting theories, called the Staining Algorithm. Makinson [1995] and Hansson and Rott [1995] criti...

Relational Being In Question: A Reply To My Colleagues

I thank my colleagues for both their generosity and engaging reactions to my book. It is interesting, as well, to see the variations in the readings they give to the text. Churchill’s initial view that I am not offering ontology is useful, as it speaks to a pervasive concern within the other commentaries that I am dismissing or dismantling cherished concepts of agency, experience, responsibilit...

Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated: A Reply