Nomic necessity in marketing theory: The issue of counterfactual conditionals |
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Authors: | John F. Gaski |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA |
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Abstract: | One of the well-established characteristics of lawlike generalizations is nomic necessity, i.e., the quality of universality or inevitability. In turn, the ability to support so-called “counterfactual conditionals” is considered the hallmark of lawlike statements which possess nomic necessity. Unfortunately, there seems to be some inconsistent interpretation of this counterfactual-support requirement, revealed even in some of the most prominent works on the subject in the field of marketing. This paper represents an attempt to clarify the situation. |
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