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Social Objects, Causality and Contingent Realism.
- Source :
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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour . Mar2009, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p1-18. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This paper is a realist argument for the existence of “social objects”. Social objects, I argue, are the outcome states of a contingent causal process and in turn posses causal properties. This argument has consequences for what we can mean by realism and consequences for the development of a realist methodology. Realism should abandon the notion of natural necessity in favour of a view that the “real” nature of the social world is contingent and necessity is only revealed in outcome states. This, I argue, has both theoretical and methodological implications and I develop my argument through two case studies, of homelessness and ethnicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218308
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36606093
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.2008.00396.x