Lohse, Simon (2017) Pragmatism, Ontology, and Philosophy of the Social Sciences in Practice. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 47 (1). pp. 3-27.
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In this article, I will discuss two prominent views on the relevance and irrelevance of ontological investigations for the social sciences, namely, ontological foundationalism and anti-ontological pragmatism. I will argue that both views are unsatisfactory. The subsequent part of the article will introduce an alternative role for ontological projects in the philosophy of the social sciences that fares better in this respect by paying attention to the ontological assumptions of actual social scientific theories, models, and related explanatory practices. I will illustrate and support this alternative through discussion of three concrete cases.
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Keywords: | social ontology, explanation, philosophy of science in practice, pragmatism, ontological foundationalism | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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Depositing User: | Dr. S. Lohse | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2018 16:46 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2018 16:46 | ||||||
Item ID: | 14265 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of the Social Sciences | ||||||
Publisher: | SAGE | ||||||
Official URL: | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/004839... | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Explanation Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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Date: | January 2017 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3-27 | ||||||
Volume: | 47 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14265 |
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