Situational analysis

Situational analysis

Situational analysis (or Situational logic) is a concept advanced by Popper in his The Poverty of Historicism. Situational analysis is a process by which a social scientist tries to reconstruct the problem situation confronting an agent in order to understand that agent's choice. Koertge (1975) provides a helpful clarificatory summary. First provide a description of the situation:

''Agent A was in a situation of type C''.

This situation is then analysed

''In a situation of type C, the appropriate thing to do it X.

The rationality principle may then be called upon:

''agents always act appropriately to their situation''

Finally we have the explanadum:

''(therefor) A did X.''

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