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Comment on Naturalizing Critical Realist Social Ontology
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ylikoski, Petri |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Starting Page | 333 |
| Ending Page | 340 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://liu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:862269/FULLTEXT01.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1515/jso-2015-0005 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
