How to structure a social theory? A critical response to Anthony King's The Structure of Social Theory
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A critical essay challenging King's argument for the claim that social relations have to be conceived of as primary and main ontological category for an adequate analysis of the social realm is presented. Kings arguments do not succeed in fully replacing the categories of agency and structure that are pervasive in contemporary social theory and King succeeds in delineating a neglected area of social theory.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2006
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Three grades of normative involvement: Risjord, Stueber, and Henderson on norms and explanation
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The views of Mark Risjord, David Henderson and Stueber regarding the involvement of norms in casual explanation are discussed. A full normative involvement is opted by Mark Risjord whereas David Henderson denies a role to norms in explanation while Stueber agrees on an intermediate position regarding the involvement of norms in casual explanation.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2005
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How to think about rules and rule following
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The difficulties of providing a plausible account of rule following in the social realm are discussed. Rule-following behavior is based on a set of complex dispositions thereby accounting for the casual explanatory role o the notion of a rule.
Publication Name: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0048-3931
Year: 2005
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