| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
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Ontological explorations |
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Ontological explorations.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Naturalizing scientific realism -- Overview of the origical critical realism -- From transcendental arguments to naturalistic arguments -- Causal powers in critical realist ontology -- Naturalizing social ontology: human action and social systems -- Emergence in social ontology -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This important book provides detailed critiques of the method of transcendental argumentation and the transcendental realist account of the concept of causal power that are among the core tenets of the bhaskarian version of critical realism. Kaidesoja also assesses the notions of human agency, social structure and emergence that have been advanced by prominent critical realists, including Roy Bhaskar, Margaret Archer and Tony Lawson. The main line of argument in this context indicates that the uses of these concepts in critical realism involve ambiguities and problematic anti-naturalist presuppositions. As a whole, these arguments are intended to show that to avoid these ambiguities and problems, critical realist social ontology should be naturalized. This not only means that transcendental arguments for ontological doctrines are firmly rejected and the notion of causal power interpreted in a non-transcendental realist way. Naturalization of the critical realist social ontology also entails that many of the core concepts of this ontology should be modified so that attention is paid to the ontological presuppositions of various non-positivist explanatory methods and research practices in the current social sciences as well as to new approaches in recent cognitive and neurosciences. In addition of providing a detailed critique of the original critical realism, the book develops a naturalized version of the critical realist social ontology that is relevant to current explanatory practices in the social sciences. In building this ontology, Kaidesoja selectively draws on Mario Bunge's systemic and emergentist social ontology, William Wimsatt's gradual notion of ontological emergence and some recent approaches in cognitive science (i.e. embodied, situated and distributed cognition) .. |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (viewed July 25, 2013) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Ontology.
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Critical realism.
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ontology (metaphysics)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology.
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Critical realism
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Ontology
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Social sciences -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135014162 |
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1135014167 |
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