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Comment on Naturalizing Critical Realist Social Ontology
- Source :
- Journal of Social Ontology, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 333-340 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- University of Vienna, 2015.
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Abstract
- This comment discusses Kaidesoja (2013) and raises the issue whether his analysis justifies stronger conclusions than he presents in the book. My comments focus on four issues. First, I argue that his naturalistic reconstruction of critical realist transcendental arguments shows that transcendental arguments should be treated as a rare curiosity rather than a general argumentative strategy. Second, I suggest that Kaidesoja’s analysis does not really justify his optimism about the usefulness of causal powers ontology in the social sciences. Third, I raise some doubts about the heuristic value of Mario Bunge’s social ontology that Kaidesoja presents as a replacement for critical realist ontology. Finally, I propose an alternative way to analyze failures of aggregativity that might better serve Kaidesoja’s purposes than the Wimsattian scheme he employs in the book.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21969655 and 21969663
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Social Ontology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.69b41e0f2f14f50b67d402b59aa1340
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/jso-2015-0005