Grounding and anchoring: on the structure of Epstein’s social ontology
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DOI: 10.1080/0020174x.2017.1312743
Abstract: ABSTRACT Brian Epstein’s The Ant Trap is a praiseworthy addition to literature on social ontology and the philosophy of social sciences. Its central aim is to challenge received views about the social world – views… read more here.
Keywords: anchoring structure; ontology; social facts; grounding anchoring ... See more keywords
Dewey’s Social Ontology: A Pragmatist Alternative to Searle’s Approach to Social Reality
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DOI: 10.1080/09672559.2016.1260625
Abstract: Abstract Dewey’s social ontology could be characterized as a habit ontology, an ontology of habit qua second nature that offers us an account of intentionality, social statuses, institutions and norms in terms of habituations. Such… read more here.
Keywords: ontology; dewey social; social ontology; social reality ... See more keywords
Social Ontology and Evaluation—A Comment on “Framing Evaluation in Reality: An Introduction to Ontologically Integrative Evaluation”
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DOI: 10.1177/10982140221134779
Abstract: According to Jennifer Billman, western evaluation bias against indigenous thinking is due to ontological incompetence. If so, the solution she offers (a highly abstract list of criteria) is inadequate since it fails to address let… read more here.
Keywords: evaluation; evaluation reality; evaluation social; ontology ... See more keywords
Contemporary Social Ontology: on the Threshold of the “Fifth Program”
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DOI: 10.21146/0042-8744-2022-12-28-39
Abstract: The article is devoted to the problem of substantiating one of the possible ways of constructing a new, “fifth” program in modern social ontology, which deals with the study of social reality, its nature, structure… read more here.
Keywords: fifth program; contemporary social; ontology; ontology threshold ... See more keywords