This article argues that empirical social scientists can be freed from having to account for “micro-to-macro transitions.” The article shows, in opposition to the (still) dominant perspective based on Coleman’s macro-micro-macro model, that no micro-macro transitions or mechanisms connect the individual level to the macro level in empirical social science. Rather, when considering that social macro entities and properties are micro manifest rather than macro manifest, it becomes clear that the micro-macro move in empirical social science is purely conceptual or analytical.

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科尔曼的船再访：因果序列和微观宏链接

本文认为，经验主义社会科学家可以免于考虑“微观到宏观的转变”。该文章表明，与基于科尔曼宏观-微观-宏观模型的（仍然）主导观点相反，在经验社会科学中，没有微观-宏观转变或机制将个人层面与宏观层面联系起来。相反，当考虑到社会宏观实体和属性是微观清单而不是宏观清单时，很明显，经验社会科学中的微观宏动作纯粹是概念性的或分析性的。