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A Categorical-Generative Theory of Social Processes: Towards the Ontological and Mathematical Foundations of a Grammar-Based Model for Qualitative Research

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This paper proposes a mathematical model to describe the dynamics of flows of events that evolve, conditioned by a specific set of structures and contextual conditions, such as complex, dynamic, and contingent social phenomena. A discrete rule-based model for patterns of sequences of events deduced from Generative Grammar Theory and Category Theory depicts theoretical propositions and identifies causal relationships in empirical evidence. Regarding the ontological and epistemological assumptions of Critical Realism, the proposed modeling methodology adopts the logic of retroduction instead of the logic of falsification as a knowledge-extending means of drawing explanatory inferences from data in a systematic way.

The original version of the chapter was revised: Author corrections have been updated. The erratum to the chapter is available at 10.1007/978-3-319-61121-1_38

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  1. Central Bank of Brazil, Brasília, DF, 70074-900, Brazil

    Bruno da Rocha Braga

  2. Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Brasília, Brasília, DF, 73380-900, Brazil

    Bruno da Rocha Braga

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  3. Education and Psychology Department, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Francislê Neri de Souza

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da Rocha Braga, B. (2018). A Categorical-Generative Theory of Social Processes: Towards the Ontological and Mathematical Foundations of a Grammar-Based Model for Qualitative Research. In: Costa, A., Reis, L., Souza, F., Moreira, A. (eds) Computer Supported Qualitative Research. ISQR 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 621. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61121-1_34

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