Contributions to social ontology

by Latsis, John Lawson, Clive Martins, Nuno

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Full title :Contributions to social ontology

Summary

Recent years have seen a dramatic re-emergence of interest in ontology. From philosophy and social sciences to artificial intelligence and computer science, ontology is gaining interdisciplinary influence as a popular tool for applied research. "Contributions to Social Ontology" focuses specifically on these developments within the social sciences. The contributions reveal that this revived interest in social ontology involves far more than an unquestioning acceptance or application of the concepts and methods of academic philosophers. Instead as ontology permeates so many new areas, social ontology itself is evolving in new and fascinating ways. This book engages with these new developments, pushing it forward with cutting-edge new material from leading authors in this area, from Roy Bhaskar to Margaret Archer. It also explicitly analyzes the relationship between the new ontological projects and the more traditional approaches. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers alike across the social sciences and particularly in philosophy, economics and sociology

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007

The Physical Object

Description:332 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0415403731, 9780415403733
oclc:ocn474857904
LC Classification:H61
Dewey Decimal:300.1

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Ontology, Philosophy and the Social Sciences "Clive Lawson, John Latsis, Nuno Martins" PART I -- Ontology and Social Theory Chapter 2 The ontological status of Subjectivity "Margaret Archer" Chapter 3 Technology, Technological Determinism and the Transformational Model of Technical Activity "Clive Lawson" Chapter 4 Ontological Theorising and the assumptions issue in economics "Stephen Pratten" Chapter 5 Wittgenstein and the Ontology of the Social: Some Kripkean Reflections on Bourdieu's 'Theory of Practice' "Lorenzo Bernasconi-Kohn" Chapter 6 Deducing Natural Necessity from Purposive Activity: The Scientific realist logic of Habermas's theory of Communicative Action and Luhmann's Systems Theory "Margaret Moussa" Chapter 7 Underlabouring for Ethics: Lukacs's Critical Ontology "Mario Duayer and Joao Medeiros" Part II -- Ontology and Philosophy Chapter 8 Quine and the Ontological Turn in

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Conference papers and proceedings Erkendelsesteori Kritisk teori Ontologi Ontologie -- Congrès Ontology Ontology -- Congresses Samfundsfilosofi Sciences sociales -- Congrès. -- Philos… Social sciences -- Congresses. -- Metho… Social sciences -- Congresses. -- Philo… Social sciences -- Methodology Social sciences -- Philosophy