Journal of Social Ontology | |
Comment on Naturalizing Critical Realist Social Ontology | |
Ylikoski Petri1  | |
[1] Institute for Analytical Sociology, Linköping University, Sweden; | |
关键词: critical realism; transcendental argument; causal power; emergence; social ontology; | |
DOI : 10.1515/jso-2015-0005 | |
来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
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.
【 授权许可】
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