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Contributions to social ontology / edited by Clive Lawson, John Latsis, and Nuno Martins.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
- Routledge studies in critical realism ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Philosophy--Congresses.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Methodology--Congresses.
- Ontology--Congresses.
- Ontology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recent years have seen a dramatic re-emergence of interest in ontology. From philosophy and social sciences to artificial intelligence and computer science, ontology is gaining interdisciplinary influence as a popular tool for applied research. Contributions to Social Ontology focuses specifically on these developments within the social sciences. The contributions reveal that this revived interest in social ontology involves far more than an unquestioning acceptance or application of the concepts and methods of academic philosophers. Instead as ontology permeates so many new areas
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Ontology and social theory
- pt. 2. Ontology and philosophy
- pt. 3. Ontology and applied research.
- Notes:
- "Outcome of a conference organised in Cambridge during the summer of 2004"--Introd.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-01606-6
- 1-283-96690-5
- 0-203-60747-3
- 1-136-01598-1
- 9780203607473
- OCLC:
- 826854933
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