Guala, Francesco (2023) Social Kinds: Historical and Multi-functional. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The notion of multi-functional kind is introduced to explain how social scientists may be able to draw inferences across historically unrelated societies or cultures. Multi-functional kinds are neither eternal nor purely historical, support non-trivial inductive generalisations, and allow to overcome scepticism about the inductive potential of multiply realised (functional) properties. Two examples, from monetary economics and anthropology, provide support for a pluralistic ontology of the social world.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Guala, Francesco francesco.guala@unimi.it 0000-0002-6252-2264
Keywords:	Kinds; institutions; historical kinds; functions; multiple realization
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Economics General Issues > Natural Kinds
Depositing User:	Francesco Guala
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2023 13:13
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2023 13:13
Item ID:	22219
Subjects:	General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Economics General Issues > Natural Kinds
Date:	June 2023
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/22219

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