If "mechanism-based approach to theorizing offers an encompassing way ...

... to think about social and ecological phenomena":

What if there was a model that could encompass 
mechanism-based and humanistic-based theorising?

'A core challenge of studying ecosystems and societies as one system is integrating social and ecological theorizing. Although the social and the ecological intertwine in multiple ways, much traditional theory focuses on one or the other (Schlüter et al. 2022). Despite good intentions, attempts for integration are often only partially successful. One reason for this is the apparent incommensurability of methodological and theoretical approaches. However, the mechanism-based approach to theorizing offers an encompassing way to think about social and ecological phenomena by framing them in terms of entities and their interactions. Mechanism-based theorizing has been gaining popularity in science philosophy (Machamer et al. 2000, Craver 2007, Glennan and Illari 2017), including social sciences philosophy (Elster 1989, Hedström and Swedberg 1998, Hedström and Ylikoski 2010) and philosophy of ecology (Pâslaru 2017, González del Solar et al. 2019). It has helped to resolve many traditional problems related to scientific explanation and it is consistent with the way in which social and natural scientists talk about theorizing, causation, and explanation.'

 

Fig. 1. The social-ecological expansion of Coleman’s diagram.

Martínez-Peña, R., & Ylikoski, P. (2024). Coupling social and ecological mechanisms with the Coleman boat. Ecology and Society, 29(4). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-15209-290406

See also: 'micro' : 'macro' : 'Bunge'